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.

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??

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.

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.

 (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

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

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.”

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—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.

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