HBO's new series The Leftovers is a show about what is presumably the Rapture. But wait, fellow humanists! Don't tune out just yet, because it deals with this seemingly supernatural event in a thoroughly humanistic... Read More

Marriages between atheists and theists aren’t so popular with many Americans—at least, that was the finding of a recent study by the Pew Research Center. According to the study, 49 percent of Americans reported that... Read More

“Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.” – The Wizard of Oz Last Tuesday, the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection convened a hearing on “Protecting Consumers from False and Deceptive Advertising of Weight-Loss... Read More

Last week in Las Vegas at the Billboard Music Awards, Michael Jackson brought the live audience to its feet as he moonwalked across the stage. The problem? He’s been dead for four years. The image... Read More

I was once walking along West Nanjing road in Shanghai at ten o'clock in the evening when I ran across an old French acquaintance that I hadn't seen in several years. We were both pleasantly... Read More

Want your local humanist group want to participate in National Day of Reason but don’t know how to start? It’s not too late! There are many local groups throughout the country that plan to celebrate... Read More

The seventh of thirteen episodes of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey airs this Sunday, April 20th on Fox (and Monday on National Geographic Channel). Are you still engaged with Neil deGrasse Tyson's re-boot of the Carl... Read More