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The Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia will be presenting the following talk:

University of Pennsylvania Law School professor and Criminal Law specialist Paul H. Robinson will be discussing the intuitive basis of criminal law and justice. Studies have shown that the human response to criminal harm is surprisingly consistent across cultures.

Paul Robinson is a Colin S. Diver professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is author of "Criminal Law: Case Studies and Controversies" and "Law without Justice: Why Criminal Law Doesn't Give People What They Deserve" as well as many other essays and studies. His articles can be viewed at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN).

Paul Robinson official page, University of Pennsylvania

* Public Transit:
SEPTA Regional Rail: Take the R5 line to Bryn Mawr Station
High speed Line : Route 100 Line from 69th Street terminal
105 bus

* Google Map of location

This event is presented by the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia (FSGP). See also the FSGP Meetup page.

Informal discussion of Politics, Philosophy and Religion in center city Philadelphia.

This will be the second Weekend atheists meetup.

Note: several members had issues with parking. If anyone has suggestions for parking in the area, please post them here!

Journalist and author Lauri Lebo will discuss her book, The Devil in Dover, about the 2005 Intelligent Design trial Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District.

This event is presented by the Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia (FSGP)

From the Secular Book Club Meetup:

In December 2004, following the Dover area school board's decision to teach intelligent design in ninth-grade biology classrooms, eleven parents sued, sparking a federal constitutional challenge. Lauri Lebo, a small-town reporter who covered the trial, knows not just the legal case and science, but the people on all sides of the divisive battle. In her book, The Devil in Dover, Lebo traces the compelling back story of this pivotal case described by some as a perfect storm of religious intolerance, First Amendment violations, and an assault on American science education. In a community divided across unexpected lines, the so-called activist judge, a George Bush–appointed Republican, eventually condemned the school board's decision as one of "breathtaking inanity."

Lebo follows the story through its surprising twists, pondering whether this was a national war playing out in a small town, or a small-town political battle playing out on the national stage. As a "local girl" with a fundamentalist Christian father, Lebo provides an account that is both fascinating and moving, as she thoughtfully probes one of America's most divisive cultural conflicts—and the responsibility journalists have when covering such a controversial story.

Lauri Lebo has been a journalist for 20 years. As part of an investigative reporting team, she helped solve two civil rights-era murders. As the York Daily Record's education reporter, she covered intelligent design's First Amendment battle. The winner of numerous state and national awards, she lives in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Free and open to the public.

See also

Laurie Lebo's website

* Public Transit: Accessible from the R5 Regional Rail Line, the 100 high speed line from 69th Street, and the 105 bus

* Google Map of location

Informal discussion of Politics, Philosophy and Religion over dinner in old city Philadelphia.

News and Events:

The Knoxville Unitarian Universalist church shooting

Crackergate: PZ Myers' Desecration of a Consecrated Communion Wafer

Philadelphia atheist billboard replaced by Hail Mary.
- Photo of the new billboard.

Past Events:
The Freethought Unity Picnic, July 27

Philabundance volunteer event, August 2

Public Transportation

Subway: the location is within easy walking distance of the 5th Street station of the Market Frankford Subway Line.

Bus: The 9, 21, and 42 Septa buses travel past the location.