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Blog of Dwight Gilbert Jones

Aug 27th, 2010 | By admin
Blog of Dwight Gilbert Jones

E. O. Wilson’s new theory of social evolution expands that idea beyond the individual to the colony level, which then becomes the fundamental evolutionary unit.



Human “races” do not exist

Aug 27th, 2010 | By admin
Human “races” do not exist

The notion that there are no distinct human races is revolutionary. If we cannot gratuitously accuse people of racism – what on earth shall we do??



Humanism must be more than atheism

Aug 8th, 2010 | By admin
Humanism must be more than atheism

It is incumbent on us to revive Humanism – an inclusive sensibility for our species, planet, and lives. To be inclusive, it is vital that we not be judgmental about a fellow human’s religion. The criteria that concern us lie elsewhere, private beliefs do not determine whether or not someone can be a good species/planet partner.

Today Humanism is a captive and exploited philosophy, shot for its antlers and hijacked for its name by aggressive atheists. Their inverted religious obsession has obscured Humanism from wider acceptance and misbranded it as moral nihilism or worse.



Sun Sets on “The States” – John Browne

Jun 11th, 2010 | By admin
Sun Sets on “The States” – John Browne

The United States has gone from hegemony to decline in a relatively short time-frame. It seems, as history marches forward, that each empire’s collapse is quicker than the previous.



Drug Counselors Replace Police, Fund Hospitals

Apr 16th, 2010 | By admin
Drug Counselors Replace Police, Fund Hospitals

 (Vancouver, TFN©) Canadian drug counselors are helping to fund health care and reduce addiction costs.  Within an outpatient counseling process, a Canada-wide program allows drug counselors to dispense addictive drugs, legal or not, at prices below street levels.

The new policy was implemented to reduce



Nortel Deserves its Fate (Since 1980)

Apr 16th, 2010 | By admin

(©TFN) The demise of Nortel was both overdue and deserved.



Neo-Humanism, Kurtz confront the New Atheism

Mar 25th, 2010 | By admin
Neo-Humanism, Kurtz confront the New Atheism

Concerned that his positive vision of humanism is being threatened and perhaps eclipsed with a new brand of acerbic atheism, Paul Kurtz has drafted and released just this week a new “Neo-Humanist Statement of Secular Values and Principles.”



Humanism as a Starship

Feb 25th, 2010 | By admin
Humanism as a Starship

We’ll accept the Universe as our neighbor, as cool wallpaper, and not get too exercised about its existence – this remoteness buffers us from intruders.



Transhumanism – Time to pay Attention

Jan 19th, 2010 | By admin
Transhumanism – Time to pay Attention

Transhumanism—the belief that technology can transcend the limitations of the human body and brain—and techno-utopianism—the idea that humans can create a progressively better future through the rational mastery of nature—are part of the family of Enlightenment philosophies.



World (and America) Polls Support Stronger UN

Jan 18th, 2010 | By admin

Too often politicians, lobbyists and the media advocate policies that do not reflect the wishes of the people.