The knowledge we’ve gleaned from science has shrunk the remaining possible realm of deities to the infinitesimal. Religionists have responded by arguing that omnipotent... Read More

As handsome, beloved Amos lay dying, Daisy did her best to make him comfortable. Daisy seemed to grasp Amos’s situation and, being part of... Read More

In the last decade we have allowed the primary interest of dignity and the human element in humanism to be slowly superseded by a... Read More

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the elites of Europe and the United States were thrilled by what they perceived as a rather sophisticated... Read More

When my dad, Neil Swanson, goes to rallies against the tar sands pipeline, people rush up to him and thank him for everything he’s... Read More

Chris Stedman, who is the assistant humanist chaplain at Harvard University, intrigued me when we would meet at Harvard Humanist events. Stedman’s position as... Read More

So there’s this conference. Maybe you’ve heard of it. It’s the Women in Secularism conference hosted by the Center for Inquiry (CFI); the second... Read More

The name Alton Lemon may not ring any bells for you, but it should. Lemon, who died on May 4 at age eighty-four, was... Read More

America’s belief in climate change can be as fickle as the weather. Every time a heat wave or violent storm strikes, the polls register... Read More

Imagine yourself on the south rim of the Grand Canyon and feel the natural power, pulsing through everything. The pulse is out there in... Read More