By Freethought Almanac Contributor R.J. Evans As the last visible vestige of the old South withers and dies with the retirement of the Confederate flag from southern statehouses, the New Union rejoices. It’s a victory nobody expected, but it came at the expense of nine lives, lost in a pool of blood on the floor […]

It was on this date, January 1, 1959, that Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country, thereby signifying the success of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution. “The Pearl of the Antilles,” at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, was inhabited by an American Indian people known as the Taíno or Arawak. And since […]

It was on this date, February 8, 1825, that British naturalist and explorer Henry Walter Bates was born. He travelled through rainforests of the Amazon with Alfred Russel Wallace from 1848-1850. He then left Wallace and explored the Amazon for nine more years, bringing home 8,000 new species, mostly insects, for scientific study. He returned […]

Prostitution, the crime underlying the crime for which Heidi Fleiss was jailed, has been present in every culture and every period of history.

It was on this date, September 6, 1809, that German philosopher, historian and Biblical critic Bruno Bauer was born at Eisenberg in Saxe-Altenburg. Bauer studied in Berlin and came under the influence of Georg W. F. Hegel (1770-1831). He began teaching in Berlin, but was transferred in 1839 to the University of Bonn after publishing […]

Read about Religion vs. comets, Religion vs. geology, Religion vs. votes for women, the religion of Angelina Jolie, Adam Smith, Religion and dueling, Muhammad dies of a stroke, architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and more …

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It was on this date, May 27, 1964, that American radio personality, television host, comedian, and actor Adam Carolla was born. Host of the talk show/podcast “The Adam Carolla Show,” and “Loveline” prior to that, Carolla was a protégé of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel and started broadcasting 1994-1995. He and Kimmel hosted “The Man Show” […]

Read about George Moore, “The Passion of the Christ,” François Arago, Michel de Montaigne, William “Mad Magazine” Gaines, Pope Leo XIII and more …

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