The Ethical Dilemma: Back To School Drama
The Ethical Dilemma: Back To School Drama PTA Tyranny: For several years, since my first child started kindergarten, I've been very active in our school’s... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut
Humanist Voices in Verse: God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut This week’s poem is by Conor L. McKaye. Conor has been a humanist since birth... Read More
The Comics Section: The Worst Hell, Al Gore
New comics by Jesus and Mo and Ape Not Monkey!
The Humanist Hour #86: Dan Savage
A new episode of The Humanist Hour is available for listening. Keep reading to find out about the guest on this month's show. In... Read More
Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels
Sikivu Hutchinson is an author and activist who promotes a progressive—and aggressive—conception of humanism that is at once feminist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-classist, and anti-imperialist.... Read More
Becoming More Fully Human: Religious Humanism as a Way of Life
“The human being is by nature a social animal (Ho anthrōpos phusei politikon zōon).” —Aristotle, Politics (see also Nicomachean Ethics) In 2006, three years... Read More
A Most Basic Human Right
“It's the right to life!” Stamatis insisted, raising his voice in a deliberate display of pomposity. “What could be a more basic right than... Read More
On Being Honored for Having Gotten Cancer
So, this awesome and somewhat weird thing has happened. I’ve been named the 2013 Honored Hero by the Foundation Beyond Belief for the Leukemia... Read More
Hysteria Alert Churches Fear They’ll Be Forced to Marry Same-Sex Couples
In June the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a key provision in the Defense of Marriage Act and dismissed, on technical grounds, a case... Read More
Preaching to the Nones How Two British Comedians Started a Popular Atheist Church (No Joke!)
Upon entering a Sunday Assembly, held in historic York Hall in East London, one could easily assume that these gatherings are yet another attempt... Read More