Photo Caption Contest: What’s Happening in This Picture?
Can you write a clever caption for this photo? (This was taken at the Zubik v. Burwell rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on March 23, 2016. Photo credit: American Humanist Association.)... Read More
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Episode 36 The Writing Dead: Friedrich Nietzsche's War on Metaphysics
View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. The Writing Dead: Friedrich Nietzsche's War on Metaphysics Everywhere except England, the last 120 years of philosophy have been about nothing so much as Dealing... Read More
The Comics Section: You Owe Me Money, High on Jesus, Lord of the Flies
Your favorites are back! New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!
Secular Humanism in Films
In her essay, “The Humanist Approach to Film: My Brilliant Career,” author and Eastern Michigan University lecturer Coralie Cederna Johnson writes that “everyone seeing a film for the first time makes a value judgment, even... Read More
Muggles’ Magical Thinking: Why J.K. Rowling’s Cultural Appropriation is a Problem
One of the cornerstones of the humanist philosophy is compassion. This is a motivation that inspires the very lifestance of humanism, according to Humanist Manifesto III. Part and parcel to compassion is empathy, the capacity... Read More
Sweet and Savage: The Real O’Neals Reveals Itself to Be a Multidimensional Sitcom
When I was a kid, network sitcoms were the main event on TV nights. And I think I probably learned a lot from watching them. Family Ties taught me that kids and parents could have... Read More
The Comics Section: Strength and Weakness, Without the Bible, Manifest Destiny
Your favorites are back! New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!