The Comics Section: Whataboutery, Get Thee to a Psychiatrist, and Police Cameras
Brand-new comics from Jesus and Mo, Raging Pencils, and The Atheist Pig!
The Pope’s Jimmy Hat: Artist Creates Benedict XVI Portrait Using 17,000 Condoms
The Milwaukee Art Museum recently acquired a new—and controversial—piece of artwork: “Eggs Benedict,” a portrait of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) made entirely out of 17,000 colorful condoms. To the surprise of no one,... Read More
The Comics Section: Freedom of Speech, Prayer Doesn’t Fix Printers, and Sorry, We’re Vaccinated
Brand-new comics from Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils (formerly Far Left Side)!
Book Review: The Map of Heaven: How Science, Religion, and Ordinary People Are Proving the Afterlife
As a follow up to 2012’s bestselling Proof of Heaven, Dr. Eben Alexander—the neurosurgeon who claims to have visited heaven while comatose—treats us to another dubious tour of the beyond in The Map of Heaven:... Read More
Upcoming TV Shows for Humanists: Impastor, The Young Pope, and a Not-Yet-Titled Sitcom By Amy Poehler
From The Big Bang Theory to Orange is the New Black, readers of TheHumanist.com are fans of quality television shows that feature humanist characters or episodes that address science or religion in a critical way.... Read More
Book Review: Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates’s new book Between the World and Me is a short one—really a collection of three essays, designed as a letter to his fifteen-year-old son that takes the form of a poetic autobiographical account... Read More
James Baldwin Battles Humanity
“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me, the things that tormented me the most were the very... Read More