Author: Keith Taylor
Keith Taylor, a longtime humanist activist, is retired from the Navy and lives in Chula Vista, California.
Honor Among Mormons
Folks in Utah are proud to tell us that Utah’s founder, Brigham Young, had fifty-five wives. They don’t brag too much that many of those fifty-five were children or that history tells us that Brigham was complicit in the killing of 124 men, women, and children at Mountain Meadows in 1857. Few Mormons like to …
Our (Soon to Be) Sectarian Air Force
With God on Our Side: One Man’s War Against an Evangelical Coup in America’s Military, by Michael L. Weinstein and Davin Seay (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2007, ISBN 0-312-38143-2) 258 pp. Cloth $25.95. The places of hell are reserved for those who remain silent, particularly in times of moral crisis. I will not be …
Was Dr. Kevorkian Right?
PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, PRO AND CONPHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE, PRO AND CON Why Cling To A Life Without Savor? I am not in a hurry to emulate those old Eskimos set adrift on ice floes, nor do I envy folks who retire only to disappear into the couch. Born in 1930, I’ve already outlived my life expectancy, but …