Since I’ve become involved with aiding the unhoused, I’ve talked to a lot of people about the issue. Many people buy into the myth that drugs and mental health are the problem when the problem really is a lack of affordable housing. An article by the New Yorker overviews a study that supports the housingContinue reading “It’s housing, not drugs or mental health”
Author Archives: Charles H. Jones, PhD
Yvonne Burge’s Obiturary
Yvonne Burge died in Sept. 2022. Ages aren’t something I keep track of, but I’m pretty sure she was in her early 80’s. She fell and broke her femur which led to other complications. Most obituaries, I think, focus on the good parts of the deceased’s life – and I’ll get to that – butContinue reading “Yvonne Burge’s Obiturary”
Zoom Trolling YouTube Video
As with most groups, I moved the Eugene Atheist Pub Social I organize to online during COVID. The online meetings slowly devolved until I wasn’t getting very many regular attendees. I am pretty sure that this YouTube video was of the last Pub Social Zoom I did (or very nearly the last at least). IContinue reading “Zoom Trolling YouTube Video”
Measuring Morality – Metrology Part IV
I’ve had various discussions about science where people have made statements like, “That can’t be measured” and “Science can’t tell us anything about that.” Since I have yet to be presented with a well-defined concept that science is not capable of analyzing (vs. necessarily already having analyzed) I feel such statements need to be addressed.Continue reading “Measuring Morality – Metrology Part IV”
Nuclear power to the rescue?
Nuclear power to the rescue? I’ve subscribed to the magazine Analog Science Fiction & Fact for decades. It mostly publishes short science fiction stories. But it also always includes some fact articles – and they get some pretty heavy professional scientists to write the articles. One of the things I like about the fact articlesContinue reading “Nuclear power to the rescue?”
Solstice Banner Update
For the past 3 years I’ve displayed a Solstice Banner in downtown Eugene (with the help of the Freedom From Religion Foundation). This year I am not. The banner was a direct response to an annual Jesus banner display. Last year that banner was not displayed. My opinion, and that of FFRF, is that theContinue reading “Solstice Banner Update”
Benefits of Measure 110 are generational
This is a Guest View column I had published Nov 20, 2021 as Legalize Drugs for Everyone’s Sake in the Eugene Register Guard. Oregon’s Measure 110 decriminalized almost all drugs. That is, possession of small amounts of even drugs like heroin only results in a citation and fine. There are a bunch of other relatedContinue reading “Benefits of Measure 110 are generational”
Don’t lift my kilt
For most of my life I’ve thought I’d like to wear a skirt but it’s only been the last few years that I’ve started to. The main reason I told myself I didn’t do so was because it is (mostly) socially unacceptable for a man to wear a skirt. Now, it’s an interesting question ofContinue reading “Don’t lift my kilt”
The Buy Nothing Project
For as many problems as the internet and Facebook have produced, they have also created some awesomeness – like the Buy Nothing Project. If you’ve never heard of it, it is a group of sites (quite often on Facebook) where things are offered up for free. It is not a bartering site – there isContinue reading “The Buy Nothing Project”
Eliminate religious exemptions for vaccines
This is a letter to the Eugene Register Guard that was published with the title “Trust in science, be gone with religious exemptions for vaccines” on 19 Sept, 21. It’s pretty self explanatory. I took some of the legal information from an article in Freethought Today, a publication of the Freedom From Religion Foundation. ThereContinue reading “Eliminate religious exemptions for vaccines”
Starting From Doubt 