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Ensign Steve · 04-10-2003, 02:57 PM

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Originally posted by Jabu Khan
Anyone get any word back yet

I haven't heard anything. I promise I'll post as soon as I do. Stay tuned.

Ensign Steve · 04-14-2003, 03:36 PM

Still no word. Either this person is not in a hurry, or it was a dead end.

I consider the issue closed, but if by some event I do hear from him, I will let you guys know.

penumbra · 04-15-2003, 07:22 AM

I sent him an e-mail last Thursday. Haven't yet had a response either.

Toto · 04-15-2003, 10:53 AM

Here's the source of the request: he's looking for an atheist who's in a foxhole RIGHT NOW - someone who is over there.

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-------- Forwarded Message --------

Subject: Re. mag article and atheist/foxholes

Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 16:23:22 -0400

From: "McCafferty, Dennis" <DMCCAFFE@usaweekend.com>

To: <dbarker@ffrf.org>

CC: <freethoughttoday@ffrf.org>

Hi there. I'm pursuing what we hope would be a cover story for the nation's second-largest magazine, in which we'd profile an atheist in foxhole, someone who's now serving in Iraq.

I'm going through various folks who are well connected here, but, given what's on your website, felt I should certainly check in with the both of you.

People are sending blast emails to their membership and contacts with our request, and having candidates email me direct to respond (email preferred over phone).

Our intention: To do a thoughtful, tasteful examination of what it's like to go through battle without a religious resource set (outward or internal) to depend upon. We know that the adage, "There are no atheists in foxholes," isn't true.

How do atheists prepare themselves mentally for battle?

Here's my last military-themed cover, one with a Saving Private Ryan theme.

It got the biggest (positive) response from readers, easily, for cover stories we've done in 2002. The family is still going on television,having appeared and continuing to appear on CNN, Fox, Today Show, MSNBC and everyone else:

http://www.usaweekend.com/02_issues/...itary_fam.html

For background: USA Weekend is the nation's second-largest magazine, with an estimated 23.7 million in circulation and 48.7 million readers. (The circulation is larger than that combined of Vanity Fair, ESPN, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, Oprah, Newsweek, People, Time, Sports Illustrated and US News & World Report.)

It is carried in more than 590 newspapers, including the New York Daily News, the Arizona Republic, Indianapolis Star, the Denver Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Detroit and San Francisco combined newspapers and the Los Angeles Daily News.

Interview subjects for cover stories and features have included President Bush and First Lady Bush, Secretary of State Colin Powell, Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg and Tiger Woods.

If you'd like to discuss first, no problem.

Just let me know.

Best,

Dennis McCafferty
Senior Writer

USA WEEKEND
Phone: 703 854 5238
Fax: 703 854 2122

Email: dmccaffe@usaweekend.com
Address:

Dennis McCafferty
USA WEEKEND magazine
7950 Jones Branch Drive
McLean, Va. 22107

04-14-2003, 03:36 PM	#12
Ensign Steve Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Augusta, Georgia, United States Posts: 1,235	UPDATE Still no word. Either this person is not in a hurry, or it was a dead end. I consider the issue closed, but if by some event I do hear from him, I will let you guys know.

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penumbra Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 1,938	I sent him an e-mail last Thursday. Haven't yet had a response either.

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