Star Trek Made Me an Atheist
Growing up, my parents were very strict. On Friday nights I had to be in bed by 10 pm. My mother would tuck me... Read More
Counterfeiting Tradition
In 2006 the government of Turkey launched an ambitious effort to rewrite the basic foundation of Islam in order to produce a kinder and... Read More
Hidden from History
Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.... Read More
Torture Probe: Who’s Being Protected under the Searing Bright Light?
A reporter recently asked me when activists would consider the struggle to hold torturers accountable to be over. I replied that it wasn’t a... Read More
Nothing Sacred: What We Talk about When We Talk about Torture
The prisoners had their feet shackled to the floor and their hands cuffed close to their chins… Detainees were clad only in diapers and... Read More
If English Was Good Enough for Jesus…
Listening to talk radio is like picking a scab. It’s hard to stop. And why stop? Despite its reputation for offering little more than... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND
Readers of the Humanist may have noticed that we have yet to put Barack Obama on the cover. (Could we be the only magazine... Read More
Thomas Paine, 1737-1809
“Where liberty is not, there is mine.” —Thomas Paine, replying to Benjamin Franklin’s remark, “Where liberty is, there is my country.” Thomas Paine, one... Read More
Cathartic Comics
June 10, 2009Freethunk! Comics and humor for freethinkers and potential freethinkers.You're not crazy, they are!COPYRIGHT JEFF SWENSON Big Fat Whale COPYRIGHT BRIAN McFADDEN The... Read More
Letters to the Editor
June 10, 2009 Are humanists a happy or a miserable lot? HNN readers react to Doug Thomas' column: (Re: Why Do Humanists Seem so... Read More