"Promoting Humanist Values and Critical Thinking on the South Coast"

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic.
Charles Darwin

Rational Thought

Movies for Humanists

By Judy Fontana on Mar 01, 2014 at 10:58 AM in Humanists Update, Rational Thought

Creation (2009) is a British biographical film about Charles Darwin, his work and his family, focusing on his eldest daughter, Annie.

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Floyd Sandford as Charles Darwin

By Judy Fontana on Mar 01, 2014 at 10:49 AM in Humanists Update, Rational Thought

Floyd Sandford was Darwin for us for over an hour. Darwin in old age, reflecting back on his life. In his old age he cares more about truth than social conventions.

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President’s Column - The Global Tragedy of the Commons

By Richard Martin on Mar 01, 2014 at 10:06 AM in Humanists Update, Rational Thought

In 1968, UCSB professor Garrett Hardin published an essay "The Tragedy of the Commons" in the journal Science, which became a call to action for the environmental movement of the 1970's.

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March Program - We Are In It to Win

By Judy Fontana on Mar 01, 2014 at 09:57 AM in Humanists Update, Rational Thought

Our speaker on March 15th is Roy Speckhardt , Executive Director of the American Humanist Association (AHA). Roy has served as the Executive Director of AHA since 2005

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