Upton Sinclair was an author, political candidate, and progressive activist just about 100 years ago. His book, “The Jungle”, was an exposé on the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, which ended with laws enforcing clean and safe operations in the industry. On the other end of the spectrum, he published “The Brass Check”’ which was an extended diatribe against “yellow journalism”— which  publisher William Randolph Hearst  abused—leading to to the creation of a journalist code of ethics, which guides…

“NOSHA brought in 49 pounds of food for Second Harvest Food Bank for Saturday’s program.”   This bulletin showed up on last week’s NOSHA Facebook page, as have many others similar following the third Saturday meetings. Several years’ worth third Saturday meetings, in fact. It has been a tradition our generous humanists/humanitarians started a few years before COVID broke out and paused during the period of isolation, and then resumed after a green light was given to resume public gatherings….

Comedian and banjoist Steve Martin collaborated with members of roots band Steep Canyon Rangers on writing and performing  “Atheists Don’t Have No Songs” over a decade ago, and the humorous acapella verses remain a haunting enigma for atheists—no songs equals no love, no hate, no friends…well, you know: no purpose, no anything. It’s a musical shaming of atheists, if ever there was one (but probably not).  Add to the list of things under the heading of No, the conclusion that…

The New Orleans Secular Humanist Association expresses its condolences to all of New Orleans’ visitors and citizens  and their families who were victims of the terrorist attack in the early morning of January 1, 2025. The event became the predominant  mainstream media and cable news network story of the day, and resulted in the postponement of a major football game. The brutal killing field littered with 15 bodies equaled those that have occured in Europe and other parts of the…

The following is an address made at the 25th Anniversary celebration of NOSHA’s founding, held at Messina’s Runway Cafe located at the Lakefront Airport on September 21, 2024. Following the address, recognition of the members in attendance who were at the very first meeting and some that joined very soon after: David and Connie Schultz, Will Hunn, Lucy Tierney, and John-Patrick and Patricia Lestrade and Grant and Suzy Smith, as well as Charlotte Klasson stood to the appreciative applause of…

Adding a law to the state books every so often that puts a new twist on old time religion by Louisiana’s  congresspersons is always considered in good form by them, as doing so publicly affirms their loyalty and reverence to the gods in the Bible, and encourages, by the force of law, Louisiana citizens to do the same. Since the early 1980s, one fundamentalist Christian-based law after another has been heaped on the Louisiana statutes, and most of them remain….