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 4, 2002: "Happy New...never mind."
January 11, 2002: "Let It Snow...Please"
January 18, 2002: "Brother, Can You Spare A Florin?"
February 1, 2002: "Cough, Cough"
February 8, 2002: "Move It Or Lose It"
February 15, 2002: "In God We Trust. All Others Please Pay Cash"
February 22, 2002: "Open Wide? You've Gotta Be Kidding"
March 1, 2002: "Spread the Joy"
March 22, 2002: "Historically Funny"
March 29, 2002: "Yes, We Do Suck"
April 4, 2002: "Who Wants To Be An Artist?"
April 11, 2002: "Water, Water Everywhere"
April 18, 2002: "Lost In The Transcription"
April 26, 2002: "Anything a spider can?"
May 3, 2002: "Congradulations"
May 10, 2002: "'Ant' Misbehavin'"
May 17, 2002: "Oh, Canada!"
May 24, 2002: "It Stinks"
May 31, 2002: "The Emperor of Ice Cream"
June 7, 2002: "You Don't Have To Be Einstein To Figure This Out"
June 14, 2002: "Write On!!!"
June 21, 2002: "Disarming"
June 28, 2002: "No More Pencils, No More Books..."
July 5, 2002: "Steal this Rant!"
July 12, 2002: "Only You Can Prevent Dickens"
July 19, 2002: "Submitted For Your Approval"
August 9, 2002: "A Matter of Taste"
August 16, 2002: "A Murder of Crows"
August 23, 2002: "Be It Ever So Humble..."
August 30, 2002: "It's Gotta Go...Now"
September 6, 2002: "Things That Go Bump"
September 13, 2002: "Most Pernicious Valise Schema"
September 20, 2002: "Where Can I Put This?"
September 27, 2002: "Also Featuring 'The Great Egress'"
October 4, 2002: "Golf, Anyone?"
October 11, 2002: "Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam..."
October 18, 2002: "Ghouls Just Want To Have Fun"
October 25, 2002: "Bewitching"
November 8, 2002: "Burnout"
November 15, 2002: "Pass The Jellyfish"
November 22, 2002: "Pasteurize This"
December 6, 2002: "'Tis The Season"
December 13, 2002: "2002, 2002: In Pace Requiescat [Part 1]"
December 20, 2002: "2002, 2002: In Pace Requiescat [Part 2]"

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