Freethought Almanac

Lighting a candle in toxic air.
2011-01-14
January 14: Christianity and Witchcraft

Judge (Rev.) Samuel Sewall, who had presided at many trials in Salem, expressed a real fear of divine retribution, but the victims of the Salem Witch Trials would have been better off with less Jesus and more justice.

Read More

Ronald Bruce Meyer

Our Fearless Leader.


Daily Almanac

November 14: Charles Lyell

Charles Lyell (1797) It was on this date, November 14, 1797, that pioneering Scottish geologist Charles Lyell was born the oldest of 10 children of an active naturalist. He was educated at Oxford and turned from the law to geology, publishing his greatest work, The Principles of Geology, in three volumes from 1830-1833. His researches […]



Daily Almanac

Coming soon!

Follow me on twitter

@ 2020 Free Thought Almanac