November 21, 2009
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Talking Stick

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May/June 1999 Issue
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"SCIENCE IS NOT religion and it doesn't just come down to faith. Although it has many of religion's virtues, it has none of its vices. Science is based upon verifiable evidence. Religious faith not only lacks evidence, its independence from evidence is its pride and joy, shouted from the rooftops."
--Richard Dawkins, biologist, Humanist in Canada (Winter 1999)

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"IT BRINGS ME back to Audre Lorde, that wonderful quote, 'The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.' With all due respect to Ms. Lorde, I wish she had continued and said, 'nor use those tools to build an extra room and a glass ceiling for yourself. Don't hone your skills with power tools and leave your sisters locked up in the basement.' Unfortunately, this is exactly what has happened."
--Judith Witherow, writer and activist, off our backs (Feb. 1999)

"THERE WAS NO simpler time. It may seem simpler to us, but it certainly didn't seem simple to them."
--David McCullough, historian, American Heritage (March 1999)

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