Freethinkers Anonymous

Frederick Allen Jones (Courtesy Freethinker Archives) The Freethinkers Institute welcomes you to its home page. Freethinkers Anonymous was founded in 1953 by poet, author, and original Freethinker Frederick Jones. For a comprehensive biography of Jones, we recommend Reginald Starkie’s Hey You Kids! Get Away From That Donkey--The Life of a Freethinker. Originally founded for reasons which remain obscure, the new mission of Freethinkers Anonymous is to find and provide a little humor to those who need it most. The legend of Fred Jones is, itself, almost as obscure as the origins of his weekly distribution list. Born in 1870, he had a series of misadventures around the globe, always going somewhere and never really getting there. After settling down in Colombo, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon), he founded the Freethinkers Institute, then disappeared into the jungle, never to be heard from again.

Freethinkers Anonymous, as well as Freethinking in general, was revived in 1995, along with the weekly distribution list. Feel free to subscribe to the weekly list, or you can read the latest offerings online, as well as browsing through the Freethinker Archives.

Just What Is a Freethinker, Anyway?

The man most qualified to answer that question is lost in the dense jungle of Sri Lanka. However, it is rumored that Fred Jones is still alive, and that he continues his crusade against...er...that he’s still fighting to stamp out...um...well...any further questions, comments, complaints, should be directed to Frederick Jones himself.

Freethinkers Issues

1995 - 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010

January 5, 2001: "2001: A Spaced Odyssey"
January 12, 2001: "Hold the Tomatoes"
January 19, 2001: "Idiot Alert!"
January 26, 2001: "No Exit"
February 2, 2001: "Which Way To Bismarck?"
February 9, 2001: "Fish Story"
February 16, 2001: "Love Is In The Air"
February 23, 2001: "Intellectual Disgrace"
March 2, 2001: "Marching On"
March 9, 2001: "All Our Representatives Are Currently Incompetent"
March 16, 2001: "I'd Rather Be In Philadelphia"
March 23, 2001: "Proshchai, MIR!"
March 30, 2001: "Where's The ATM?"
April 6, 2001: "Quack Quack"
April 27, 2001: "Smells Like Tourists"
May 4, 2001: "So Much For Privacy"
May 11, 2001: "Homework"
May 18, 2001: "All Quiet On The Weeded Front"
May 25, 2001: "Smells Like Summer"
June 1, 2001: "The Original Mad Cow"
June 8, 2001: "A Midsummer Night's Digression [Part 1]"
June 15, 2001: "A Midsummer Night's Digression [Part 2]"
June 22, 2001: "I'm Melting"
June 29, 2001: "Warning: May Cause Something"
July 6, 2001: "His And Hirsute"
July 13, 2001: "What's In A Nickname?"
July 20, 2001: "Sorry About The Lawyer Joke"
July 27, 2001: "He's Back"
August 3, 2001: "Digressions At The Gate"
August 10, 2001: "Root Canal Or Phil Collins?"
August 17, 2001: "Let's All Go To The Movies!"
August 31, 2001: "And The Award Goes To..."
September 7, 2001: "The Lunatics Are On The Grass"
September 21, 2001: "Classic"
September 28, 2001: "Also known as 'frigidus vulgaris'"
October 5, 2001: "Too Freezin' Funny"
October 12, 2001: "Submitted For Your Approval [Part 1]"
October 19, 2001: "Submitted For Your Approval [Part 2]"
October 26, 2001: "Now You Know Jack"
November 2, 2001: "Please Pass The Platypus"
November 9, 2001: "I'll Wait For The Book"
November 16, 2001: "The Maestro Is Decomposing"
November 30, 2001: "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year"
December 7, 2001: "What More Could You Ask For?"
December 14, 2001: "So Long 2001, And Thanks For All The Months"
December 21, 2001: "So Long 2001 [Part 2]"

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