AWARDS CEREMONIES are fun, right? People who receive awards from an august body at some sort of gala, such as the American Humanist Association’s... Read More

What is a philosopher? What is a scientist? What is a teacher? What is a poet? When we set about answering such questions in... Read More

On the Death of a Soldier Make no mistake: he is dead. He does not sleep. There is no whisper in his brain. There... Read More

“America,” Jonathan Kay writes in Among the Truthers, “has always been a land of cranks.” And his investigation of contemporary paranoid conspiracy theories and... Read More

Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright… Silent night? Absolutely. Holy night? Nearly 2 billion people on the face of our... Read More

Since 1971 Judy Norsigian has been part of the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, also known by the name of its signature publication, Our... Read More

Biblical scholar, author, and former born-again Christian Bart Ehrman is recognized as a preeminent expert in the field of biblical criticism. He has authored... Read More

Rebecca Goldstein is a philosopher and acclaimed author whose books include the novels The Mind-Body Problem, The Dark Sister, and her latest, 36 Arguments... Read More

From the Arab Spring and the Great Recession to the Eurozone Crisis and Chinese Inflation: Are We Headed toward a New World Disorder? In... Read More

It's no surprise to hear anti-humanist rhetoric coming out of the Values Voters Summit---an annual conference of Religious Right leaders held in Washington DC.... Read More