Tag Archives: evidence

Ask Jon 15 – Evidence-Based Policy-Making

by | July 30, 2020

— By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Jonathan Engel, J.D. is the President of the Secular Humanist Society of New York. Here we talk about evidence-based policy. *Interview conducted on June 22, 2020.* Scott Douglas Jacobsen: So, you’ve been doing some reflection on evidence-based policy making and some research on the numbers of guns in the United States. What is… Read more »

Let’s Outgrow Fairy Tales

by | November 23, 2019

By James Haught James Haught is editor of West Virginia’s largest newspaper, The Charleston Gazette, and a senior editor of Free Inquiry. He is 87-years-old and would like to help secular causes more. This series is a way of giving back. — The supernatural spectrum is immense: Gods, goddesses, devils, demons, angels, heavens, hells, purgatories, limbos, miracles, prophecies,… Read more »

Sagan: Brilliant Skeptic

by | November 16, 2019

By James Haught James Haught is editor of West Virginia’s largest newspaper, The Charleston Gazette, and a senior editor of Free Inquiry. He is 87-years-old and would like to help secular causes more. This series is a way of giving back. — Astronomer Carl Sagan, the world’s best-known scientist in the late 20th century, wrote a blunt attack on… Read more »

E4D Needs Some More Donors/Champions

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen Evidence for Democracy or E4D needs some more champions or monthly donors to support their cause. The cause of evidence-based policies and decision-making. That accomplished through an informed public and government. It seems best to have people with the ability to discern scientific sense from nonsense. Same with governments. E4D is here to… Read more »