Editor’s Note
For HumanistNetworkNews.org Dec. 30, 2009 Dear Readers: This is the last Humanist Network News of 2009 and a special "Best Of" issue. I've selected a... Read More
Best Column: Why Secular Activism?
Best of Ask Richard: Should I “Come Out” as an Atheist in my College Application Essay?
For HumanistNetworkNews.orgDec. 30, 2009(This column shows Richard at his best as he combines empathy and understanding of this young student's plight with real-world practical... Read More
Best of Sexual Intelligence: What Do We Actually Know About Sex?
I'm returning from New York, where I keynoted a big Planned Parenthood event. It's wonderful to speak to groups of people who support sexual... Read More
Best of Doug Thomas: Two Degrees of Separation
For HumanistNetworkNews.org Dec. 30, 2009.COLUMN By DOUG THOMAS(Our Canadian columnist looks at global warming and what humanists can do about it. Originally published in... Read More
Society without God: What the Least Religious Nations Can Tell Us about Contentment
As the tide of secular self-awareness and public discussion of nonbelief rises, Phil Zuckerman's latest book, Society without God, is not only a major... Read More
The Poison Cure
Dr. Anna looked down at my blood test results, looked up at me, and then looked back at the test results. “It’s impossible,” she... Read More
Missing Stories from the Streets: Why Weren’t the Pittsburgh G-20 Protests Better Covered?
“Over 4,000 cops from around the country occupied my hometown,” wrote a Pittsburgh native a week after the September G-20 Summit focusing on the... Read More
No License to Promote Religion: S.C. Judge Nixes Christian Auto Tag
When I was a kid, license plates in Pennsylvania were very simple. They were mustard yellow with blue letters and numbers. Then, at some... Read More
The Letter from Death
FOREWORD by Howard Zinn Lillian Moats gives us, in The Letter from Death, a brilliant and strikingly original work of the imagination, drawing both... Read More