Humanist Voices in Verse: A New Poem By Oriana Ivy
This week’s poem is by Oriana Ivy. She is the author of three prize-winning chapbooks, a widely published poet and translator. Her work has appeared in Poetry, Ploughshares, Best American Poetry, The Iowa Review, Nimrod,... Read More
The Comics Section: Thanks for Suffering, Cretaceous Border Fences, and Things to Do During Grace
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News Media, “New” Media, and Democracy
On Tuesday, in conjunction with the publication of a “listicle” (definition here) called “The News Today: 7 Trends in Old and New Media,” the Center for Effective Public Management at the Brookings Institution hosted a... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: “To The Generals”
This week’s poem is by Daniel Thomas Moran, TheHumanist.com poetry editor, retired dentist and Boston University Assistant Professor, former Poet Laureate of Suffolk County, New York and the author of seven collections of poetry. He... Read More
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Episode 30 Reason From Passion: David Hume, The Great Infidel
View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Reason From Passion: David Hume, The Great Infidel Humans are frightfully good at getting used to things. The phenomenal becomes the commonplace with depressing regularity,... Read More
Book Review: 1000 Lashes: Because I Say What I Think
For a bulk of it, 1,000 Lashes seems like a compellingly dull book. If its passages were published in, for example, The New York Times, they would probably come off as the last breath of consensus liberalism. Intellectuals are overpraised for... Read More
The Comics Section: Bravery, Bacon Jokes, Praying in Public
The latest from your favorites: Jesus and Mo, Raging Pencils, and The Atheist Pig!