It was on this date, March 31, 1940, that American politician Barney Frank, who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Massachusetts 8th District from 1981 to 2013, was born Barnett Frank in Bayonne, New…
Monthly Archives: March 2014
March 27: Typhoid Mary (1915): Religion v. Sanitation
Typhoid Mary’s story is not only an argument in favor of good sanitation, something unknown in the Bible, the Qu’ran or any other holy book – it is also an answer to the question, What’s the harm in a little superstition?
Tagged with: A.D. White, Divine Providence, Mary Mallon, quarantine, sanitation, Snopes, Typhoid Mary, urban legend, Warfare of Science with Theology, what’s the harm
Posted in Religion, Science
Posted in Religion, Science
March 26: Keira Knightley (1985)
It was on this date, March 26, 1985, that English actress Keira Knightley was born Keira Christina Knightley in Teddington, London, UK, to an actress-playwright mother and an actor father. Following the family profession wasn’t a natural choice for her:…
Posted in Entertainer
March 26: Paul Erdős (1913)
It was on this date, March 26, 1913, that Hungarian mathematician and mathematical problem-solver Paul Erdős was born in Budapest, the son of two professional mathematicians. Although born into a Hungarian Jewish family (the original family name was Engländer), neither…
Posted in Education, Mathematician
March 25: Béla Bartók (1881)
It was on this date, March 25, 1881, that Hungarian composer and pianist Béla Bartók was born Béla Viktor János Bartók in the small Banatian town of Nagyszentmiklós in the Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (since 1920 Sânnicolau Mare, or “Great…
Posted in Entertainer, Musician
March 24: Harry Houdini
“Up to the present time, and with all my experiences,” wrote Houdini to Doyle, “I have never seen or heard anything that could really convert me.”
Tagged with: Beatrice Bess Rahner, Erick Weiss, Harvey Keitel, magic, Religion of Harry Houdini, Robert Ingersoll, Tony Curtis
Posted in Entertainer, Writer
Posted in Entertainer, Writer
March 23: Patrick Henry’s “Liberty or Death” Speech
Although Henry had a reputation as a powerful, persuasive orator, the “Liberty or Death” speech was in fact invented for his biography by the biographer, William Wirt.
Tagged with: American Revolutionary War, Faith of Our Fathers website, Founding Father, give me liberty or give me death, Judge St. George Tucker, Liberty or Death speech, Life and Character of Patrick Henry, Patrick Henry, Snopes, St. John’s Church Richmond, urban legend, Virginia House of Burgesses, William Wirt
Posted in History, Religion
Posted in History, Religion
March 18: Marilla Marks Ricker
“The greatest danger which confronts our nation today is not political but religious,” said Ricker. “You cannot have free schools, free speech and a free press where the mind is not free.”
March 15: French Headscarf Ban Becomes Law
There is one culture in France and it is French. Multiculturalism drives culture to its death.
Tagged with: Bernard Stasi, French Headscarf Ban, French Revolution, hijab, laïcicité, multiculturalism, President Jacques Chirac, Roman Catholic Church, secularism, Stasi Commission, un-French
Posted in Law, Religion, Theology
Posted in Law, Religion, Theology
March 14: Albert Einstein
Said Einstein, “I believe in Spinoza’s God… not in a God who concerns himself with the fates and actions of human beings.”
Tagged with: Atheism, Religion of Albert Einstein, science and prayer, Spinoza's God
Posted in Famous Freethinkers, Religion, Science
Posted in Famous Freethinkers, Religion, Science
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