January 29th is celebrated as Tom Paine Day in honor of that famous Freethinker. In fact, it is also known as Common Sense Day and Freethinkers Day.

What if there was one day set aside to celebrate all of the famous and important freethinkers of the world, past and present, who would you include?

As a reminder, here is a decent working definition of FREETHOUGHT: The belief that opinions should be formed through a consistent critical thinking process that evaluates ideas, theories, and concepts on the basis of science, logic, and reason and not by dogma, authority, or tradition.

To start this off, I propose that my favorite CD's be included, Charles Darwin and Clarence Darrow. For some reason I did not include (in a freethinking sort of way) Claire Danes as it would help if I knew who she was before making a determination.

If anybody proposes Margaret Thatcher, Sara Palin, and or Ronald Reagan please exit stage right and keep on going...... as the Spinning Forum might be more appropriate for you.