Written by Paul Cliteur. Cliteur presents secularism as a remedy to religious violence and explains how it enhances democracy.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) resource about the development and approval of new drugs.

Dec. 18, 2006, The New Yorker article by Dr. Jerome Groopman about the Abigail Alliance case.

Dr. Sidney Wolfe is a senior adviser and co-founder of the Health Research Group, one of Public Citizen’s five policy groups. Public Citizen is a nonprofit public interest group in Washington, D.C. Contact Angela Bradbery, director of communications.

The New York Times has gathered basic information and an archive of its stories regarding atheism on a “Times Topics” page.

Freethoughtpedia is an online repository of information and commentary about the freethought movement. As with any open-source site, reporters should confirm anything found there before using it in stories.

Beliefnet’s page on secular philosophies includes a number of forums and features for nonbelievers.

BBC’s atheism page gives an overview of the movement and information on its history, rites and rituals.

Freethought Day commemorates an Oct. 12, 1692, evidentiary decision by William Phipps, governor of the Colony of Massachusetts, that ended the Salem witch trials. An outdoor observance marking the anniversary is held each year in Sacramento, Calif.