Thursday, January 23, 2025

ARTICLES BY RICHARD E. WACKROW

Local atheist group celebrates Day of Reason on May 5

DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Whitefish council is 'clueless'

As administrator of the Flathead Area Secular Humanist Association, it was with great interest that I read recent stories about the Whitefish City Council’s hearing a proposal about writing an ordinance that would make Whitefish a “no-hate” community — by creating “a caring, open, accepting and diverse community free from …
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Grandstanding politics at its worst

As administrator of the Flathead Area Secular Humanist Association, it was with great interest that I read (Nov. 19) about the Whitefish City Council’s hearing a proposal about writing an ordinance that would make Whitefish a “no-hate” community — by creating “a caring, open, accepting and diverse community free from …
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Happy no one covered Ten Commandments Park dedication

When I was a newspaper editor in Texas, we had a policy of not reporting phony bomb threats because it would bring more public nuisances and other nutcases out of the woodwork.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Prayer in public meetings goes against the grain of our Bill of Rights

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity (Town of Greece v. Galloway), thus overturning a 2012 federal appeals court ruling upholding the separation of church and state.
BIGFORK EAGLE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Prayer in public meetings goes against the grain of our Bill of Rights

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity (Town of Greece v. Galloway), thus overturning a 2012 federal appeals court ruling upholding the separation of church and state.
HUNGRY HORSE NEWS | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Letters give secular humanist sense of victory

I learned much from the Daily Inter Lake’s “Make a joyful noise ....” series of letters and columns last Sunday. In fact, one can cut the expressions of Christian peace, love, understanding and tolerance emanating from those pages with a knife.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

School choir shouldn't sing at religious event

On Nov. 17, an ad announced that Flathead-area public-school choirs would be performing at a “multi-denominational” concert “celebrating The Birth of Our Savior Jesus Christ” at the Mormon temple in Kalispell Thursday evening.
WHITEFISH PILOT | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

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