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The Editors of Effect Measure are senior public health scientists and practitioners. Paul Revere was a member of the first local Board of Health in the United States (Boston, 1799). The Editors sign their posts "Revere" to recognize the public service of a professional forerunner better known for other things.

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Freethinker Sermonettes:

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: McCain pimps for votes in Georgia

Georgia on his mind (and little else).

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: debaptism

Spin cycle for the psyche.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: medical science is irrelevant

Bad medicine.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: preventing theonomas

Birmingham city council blocks atheist websites. Sigh.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: good and evil meet crackergate

Wherein I linguify.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Prime Movers

Where did the first gods come from?

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: "Petty and stupid. Hateful and stupid. Just plain stupid. And nothing makes them stupider than religion."

Because he's right.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: credit where credit is due

And the smoke alarm?

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: George Carlin, gone but not forgotten

Here's smiling at you, kid.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: religion as knitting

Knit one, pearl two.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: some work to do

Obama. Religion. Common sense.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: pwning the rabbi

So sue me, already.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: the outlook is gay

Questions, questions.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Bring 'em home

Bring 'em Home. Bring 'em Home. Bring 'em Home. Bring 'em Home. Bring 'em Home.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Einstein

Why he is still my culture hero.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: the choice

Buyer's guide to the Best Religion.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: election pastorale

With spiritual guides like these, how can we go wrong?

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Onward Christian Soldiers

There are no atheists in foxholes because the military won't allow it.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: just in case . . .

What to do while you are waiting to die.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: like a roaming stoner

A stoner makes an observation about Jesus.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: hot tip - tribalism is a good business

One born every minute.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Anyone? Anyone?

Florida. Ben there, done that.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: for Love and for The Children

A message from a loving Christian to atheists, especially Richard Dawkins. Bonus track: the future of creationism science.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: the Good(fella) Word

The Goombah's Witnesses pay a visit.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: a PZ Myers Revelation

An evolutionary success

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: election primer

Election '08s top ten faith based claims.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Divine preference

God takes sides. All sides.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Janis Joplin - Work me Lord

Religious music?

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Penn pal

Biblical scholarship courtesy Penn and Teller.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: still crazy after all these years

Faith in the voting machine.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Mr.Potato Head

There's a rotten potato in every batch.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: feel the Love

Sometimes hearing is believing. Or not.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: no homefield advantage

One in seven Americans thinks the church is full of hypocrites.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: well ex-CUSE ME!

And best wishes to Catholic News Service.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: an Enlightening summary

Religious journalists sum up the top stories, 2005-2007. A record of Enlightenment.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: in praise of Christmas celebration

Merry Christmas from the godless. And why.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Enlightenment values

'Tis the Season to be Thinkin'.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Mitt Romney, George HW Bush, Mike Huckabee, Chuck Norris meet JFK

Losers.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: The Ten minus Eight=Two Commandments

Why Ten? Why indeed.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: the proof of the pudding is in the praying

On not proving the non-existence of God

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Bible Class

Pastafarrians step up to the plate.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: maybe the worst is over

The Governor can now go back to his Old Kentucky Home and worship as he pleases.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: movies that will put your Soul in danger

Atheist, anti-patriotic movies that will damn you to eternal suffering.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Being and nothingness

A Jewish website has an interesting critique of the new popularity of the current spate of books on atheism (I refuse to call it the New Atheism; there's nothing new, different or unusual about it except that a lot of...

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Game Day. Don't pester God.

God. Better than a whack on the side of the head.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Inductive reasoning

For every season, turn, turn, turn

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: this Hobson's not so choice

Another cheap shot at Dawkins. Yawn.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Atheism, The Next Generation

Going boldly.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: can Believing survive Seeing?

Two clergy. One is blind. One sees.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: 7 minutes of Truth

Marcus Brigstocke.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: The Thing is . . .

More Up Over craziness from Down Under.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: the High Priest's vestments

He's got nothing on!

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: being framed by Matt Nisbet

Matt at Framing Science gets it wrong.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: eggplant proves Gates runs the world

More stupidity brought to you by Action News

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Fred Phelps comes to town

Thinking the unthinkable with the Westboro Baptist Church.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: economist freaked out over atheist bestsellers

Economist puzzled over book boomlet.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Welcome to Hail Mary, Florida

We're fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan so they can sell us a house in Florida.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: another Baptist John that's no saint

He's sorry for he has sinned. Yawn.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette:"ignorant, deluded, wicked, foolish, or oppressed victims of obsolete mythologies in the United States"

Stupidity in full measure

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: rain of the Almighty

Pray for rain.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: God turns dog into mathematician

Praying for math help

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: a logical explanation for why God is screwing us all the time

How plagues, wars and infirmity are part of God's plan to make us happy.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Reverend Colson preaches a sermon

Atheism: older than Abraham

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: lightning strikes twice

Pregnant symbolism on Rudy's abortion position?

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: Hitchens, Collins and The Economist

THe Economist tries to square the circle.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: militant and non-miltant atheism

Theists accuse atheists of militancy. H.L. Mencken shoots back.

Freethinker Sunday Sermonette: mutatis mutandis

Not worth fighting over.