What Casey Anthony’s Donors Teach Us About Human Nature By: Leslie A. Zukor Like many of you, I am bothered by Caylee Anthony’s murder. From Casey Anthony’s lies to the grisly details of the homocide, the inhumanity of Caylee’s mother has been striking. Equally shocking, however, has been the financial support given to the accused murderer. WFTV in Orlando reports [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Publicity Pays
Posted in Opinion on February 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lori Lipman Brown Descends Upon Reed!
Posted in Lectures, News on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Place at the Table How America’s First Non-Theist Lobbyist Has Been Received on Capitol Hill The Reed Secular Alliance is proud to announce that Lori Lipman Brown will be speaking at Reed on March 2nd at 7:30 pm. She will give her talk in Reed College’s Vollum Lecture Hall in Portland, Oregon. Brown lobbied [...]
Ethics Without God
Posted in News, Opinion on February 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
What the Casey Anthony Case Teaches About Morality Without Religion By: Leslie A. Zukor Like many Americans, I have reacted with shock to the gruesome details of the death of Caylee Anthony. Everything, from Caylee’s teeth being scattered about the crime scene, to the duct tape fastened around the little girl’s skull, has created visceral shock in me, [...]
The Perils of the Faith Based Initiative
Posted in Lectures, News on February 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On Tuesday, March 31st at 7:30 pm in Vollum Lecture Hall, the Reed Secular Alliance will sponsor author Michele Ulriksen’s talk, “The Perils of the Faith-Based Initiative: A Survivor of a Religious Boot Camp Speaks Out”. She will read from her non-fiction memoir, Reform at Victory, which describes her year-long confinement in a locked-down, unlicensed, [...]
Zukor’s Letter Published on OregonLive
Posted in Uncategorized on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reed Secular Alliance President Leslie Zukor’s Letter to the Editor was published on OregonLive.com on Tuesday, Febuary 10th. In it, she defended the ethics of atheists and their capacity to do good works. She also discusses her own service with the Freethought Books Project, as well as that of her peers, one group of which [...]
Reflections on Darwin Day
Posted in News, Opinion on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Celebrating Science at Reed College in Portland, Oregon Charles Darwin Celebrates his 200th Birthday By: Leslie A. Zukor First, a confession: In the four years I’ve been at Reed College, this is the first time I’ve been motivated to do anything for Darwin Day. For me, Darwin Day was just another silly secular holiday, celebrated [...]
Godlessness and the Shooting
Posted in Opinion on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why Atheists Can Be Moral By: Leslie A. Zukor Letter to the Editor, submitted to The Oregonian I am disappointed that people believe that godlessness played a part in the downtown shooting. As the leader of the Reed Secular Alliance, a college atheist, agnostic, and secular humanist group, I can attest that the vast majority of [...]
Blame Schizophrenia – A Reader’s Response
Posted in News, Opinion on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Erik Ayala – The Schizophrenic Gunman The following Letter to the Editor was printed in this morning’s Oregonian. At least some Portland residents understand that “godlessness” is not to blame for the January 24th shootings: Blame schizophrenia Russell Mathews’ Thursday letter to the editor blaming “godlessness” for the downtown shooting appeared in the same edition of [...]
A Schizophrenic Opens Fire in Downtown Portland…Is Godlessness to Blame?
Posted in News, Opinion on February 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
You’ve heard the arguments for why shootings happen. Poverty, rage, mental illness. Gun access. But “godlessness”? I know it’s counterintuitive, but Milwaukie, Oregon resident Russell Mathews believes a downtown Portland shooting was due to high levels of atheism in this metropolis. “The young shooter,” Mathews explains, “was probably taught about evolution. He was probably influenced by atheism. [...]
Be a Part of Lori Lipman Brown’s Dinner!
Posted in Lectures, News on February 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Want to eat dinner with the nation’s first atheist lobbyist? Then the Reed Secular Alliance has a great opportunity for you. On Monday, March 2nd, the RSA will be hosting Lori Lipman Brown, the former lobbyist for the Secular Coalition for America (SCA) and the organization’s Founding Director Emeritus. Brown is a lawyer, an educator, [...]
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