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Two Ways We Can All Help Karen Perry, of Gold Canyon, Arizona

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:42:30 EDT

COMMENTARY | What a terrible loss, which Karen Perry of Gold Canyon, Arizona has been through. Life can be difficult at times. No, scratch that. Life can be downright cruel. Sometimes, though, when things are as bad as can be, it's then when we also...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Feb 08, 2012

Three High Tech Christmas Gifts I'd Want If I Were a Teen

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:38:49 EDT

Looking for that perfect high tech Christmas gift for your teen? Say no more. Today's teens have choices we could only pretend to have back when I was a teenager. Our versions of a mobile phone was the “Walkie-Talkie....

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Dec 15, 2011

Random Politician to Make Generic Statement Today to Appease Masses

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:57:35 EDT

White House press corps members are assembling for an announcement from a vaguely stereotypical politician today, in the hopes of keeping the masses calm long enough for Congress to work on the next bill designed to stifle prosperity for...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Dec 14, 2011

Let's Back Obama on Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarettes

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 10:59:00 EDT

COMMENTARY | As a smoker and an American, I'm disgusted with U.S. District Judge Richard Leon right now over his siding with tobacco companies as reported on Reuters, on the issue of graphic warning labels for cigarettes.

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Dec 06, 2011

The Ultimate Recyclable Packing Material for Shipping Food

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:16:50 EDT

Every year the holiday season comes around and nearly everyone finds themselves shipping something to someone. Of all things sent, nothing is so precious to the recipient as food. Cookies, brownies, even cakes from home remind us of better times with...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Dec 02, 2011

Why Don't Atheists Just Shut Up?

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:23:54 EDT

How many times have I been asked a question along the lines of “Why can't atheists just respect others' beliefs,” or “Why are atheists so focused on something they don't believe in?” And believe it or not, these are the more reasonable questions...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 27, 2011

President Obama Demands Re-election

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:39:07 EDT

WASHINGTON | Taking full advantage of the bully pulpit, President Obama decided to enact a slightly stronger hand with America Friday. According to press corps reports, the president stated plainly, “If y'all don't re-elect me, I'm gonna whip all...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 26, 2011

Read Your Bibles – Seriously

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 10:22:09 EDT

I'm a lucky guy. It turns out that all those years of being led to believe I was somehow guilty for something the mythical Adam and Eve were supposed to have done, in the mythical Garden of Eden thousands of years ago, has finally paid off.

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 25, 2011

Moderate Religion is Dangerous Too

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:54:29 EDT

If the human species is to survive, we must rid ourselves of the belief that any entity exists which would have us exert control over others for the pleasure of said being. Why would I make such a brash statement?

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 22, 2011

Atheism: Hell is No Longer a Threat

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 11:17:31 EDT

Throughout the history of mankind, we have always wanted to understand the mysteries around us of this beautiful world. Before the rise of science, the human mind defaulted to crediting everything to one sort of god or another...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 18, 2011

The Pope Shouldn't Get a Say in Stem Cell Research

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:55:05 EDT

COMMENTARY | People are just amazing, if you ask me. Why in the world Pope Benedict the XVI (played by Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger) is allocated any authority whatsoever on the acceptability of adult stem cell research, while continuing to...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 17, 2011

Three Great Ways to Help Childsplaycharity.Org This Christmas Season

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 19:28:50 EDT

Whether you celebrate Christmas, any other seasonal holiday, or none at all, we all know this time of year can be challenging even if all things are right with your world. Now, imagine if your child were hospitalized. Right now, all around the...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 15, 2011

Answering Pascal's Wager

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:09:31 EDT

Pascal's Wager (aka Pascal's Gambit) is an interesting tidbit of thought for the beautifully elaborate human mind. In a nutshell, the proposition is that with humanity's inability to determine, via reason alone, what “God” is, or even if he exists...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 14, 2011

You Will Evolve Too

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 10:45:57 EDT

There's still a lot of discussion on the topic of evolution. While most reasonable people - even those who call themselves religious - have finally accepted that evidence doesn't lie, there are still a good number of others who hold onto the...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 12, 2011

My Five Favorite “The Thinking Atheist” Videos on YouTube

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:06:57 EDT

My fellow non-believers and I often find ourselves challenged and/or reprimanded for not having the same beliefs as others do. It is an all-too-popular belief that because we don't accept at least one of the thousands and thousands of interpretations of t

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 07, 2011

Science; The Original Witchcraft

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 13:32:36 EDT

Religious topics are always complicated, and the resulting discussions often get heated and ugly. In light of the first fact, I'm only going to lightly touch on this topic, as narrowly as possible, and then hope that readers will confirm...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 04, 2011

Harold Camping Should Now Face Charges

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:04:30 EDT

With the announcement of the retirement of Harold Camping, after his third failed prediction of the end of the world, I can't help but wonder now if perhaps he should face criminal charges.

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Nov 01, 2011

Dinner and a Show; Fast Food Workers Dealing with Increasing Violence

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:58:13 EDT

CRIME COMMENTARY | Disgruntled customers take their grub serious enough to sometimes get violent. We really must admit it, those fast food jobs are tougher than they look.

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Oct 29, 2011

Anti-Semitism, Socialism and Delusion Within the Occupy Movement

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:54:43 EDT

COMMENTARY | Does my sub-title give it away too soon? Will those who come to this page even bother to read further? Or, will they respond in the comments to the title alone? I ask this because, from what I've seen so far, these protesters seem to only...

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Oct 27, 2011

To My Friends at Occupy Wall St; A Gift to Help You

contributor-community@yahoo-inc.com (Donald Pennington) — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 17:19:59 EDT

It's all over the news now, these Occupy Wall Street protests. Not only are they in the Big Apple, Chicago and St. Louis but other cities around the nation as well. The protests have spread from the left coast to the East and several points in between.

Contributor: Donald Pennington
Published: Oct 09, 2011