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Wednesday, January 16th, 2013

Freethought San Marcos: Obama embraces five immoral Bush policies

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS Looking back over the last four years, it has become clear that President Barack Obama has enthusiastically continued (and expanded in at least one case) five troubling policies of George W. Bush:  foreign interventionism, the use of armed drones, extraordinary rendition, torture, and incarcerating alleged

Wednesday, January 9th, 2013

Freethought San Marcos: The failure of religion-based public grief

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS When President Obama spoke at the memorial service for the children, teachers, and administrators murdered in Newtown, Connecticut, I was overwhelmed by dissonance.  His remarks assumed that...

Monday, December 17th, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: A humanist responds to the Newtown deaths

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS As a freethinking humanist, I do not see the world as guided by some divine force, or by some evil force. I recognize that good and evil...

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: Nearly half of Austin area city councils violate religious liberty

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS  An on-line review of agendas from 30 Austin-area communities reveals that almost half of area city councils use their elected positions to promote religion. Of those 30...

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: Freedom denied by voters in Massachusetts

— The greatest human freedom is to live, and die, according to one’s own desires and beliefs. From advance directives to physician-assisted dying, death with dignity is a movement to provide options for the dying to control...

Wednesday, November 14th, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: No one wins when government forces religion on everyone

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS Those who see no harm in beginning a meeting of a city council, school board, or commissioners court with prayer owe it to the Constitution to take...

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: Paul Ryan’s war against people, not poverty

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS In a hackneyed play on words, Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s extremist vice-presidential running mate, declared, “In this war on poverty, poverty is winning.” His claim created an...

Monday, October 22nd, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: Texas politicians use religion for political gain

Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS It seems that it is still popular to beat up on atheists and agnostics in Texas, in spite of gains in acceptance of both groups. At least, politicians...

Thursday, October 18th, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: How Romney made affirmative action work

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS Most people seemed to focus on the strangeness of Romney-speak after Mitt Romney talked about “binders of women” in the second presidential debate held on October 16....

Friday, October 12th, 2012

Freethought San Marcos: Ted Cruz a foe of personal liberty

— Freethought San Marcos: A column by LAMAR W. HANKINS Ted Cruz, the Republican candidate for the US Senate from Texas, presents himself as a champion of personal liberty, but he is far from that. Based on...

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