An Edible History of Humanity

by Tom Standage

From 1879 to 1883 Chile, Bolivia, and Peru fought the War of the Pacific. By the end of the hostilities (Chile won) 55,000 people... Read More

Humanism and the Burqa Bugaboo

by J. F. Leach

The recent burqa controversy, plaguing France has produced yet another headache for liberals, humanists, and lovers of democracy who feel themselves trapped between conflicting... Read More

THE ISSUE AT HAND

by Jennifer Bardi

William Shakespeare never wrote, “Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” and yet so many people are perfectly... Read More

Infosnacking with The Friendly Atheist

A weekly commentary by Hemant Mehta, adapted from his blog "The Friendly Atheist." For HumanistNetworkNews.org Aug. 12, 2009 Nine year-old's discovery of spearhead skewers... Read More

Humanism on the Move

STAFF REPORT For HumanistNetworkNews.orgAug. 12, 2009 The Center for Inquiry (CFI) released a study on nontheists last week. The Non-Religious Identification Survey (NRIS) found... Read More

Interfaith Tolerance?

GUEST COLUMN BY TERRY SANDERSON For HumanistNetworkNews.org Aug. 12, 2009 We have been analyzing over the last few weeks the idea of "interfaith" tolerance... Read More