We humanists pride ourselves on being rational. This focus on reason seems especially prominent amongst humanists who were previously entrenched in religious communities. In defiance of their religious upbringings, they espouse a worldview based on... Read More

View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Novelist. Journalist. Spy. Wit and Sexual Liberation in Seventeenth-Century England There was a time, after the passing of Catholic supremacy and before Romanticism shaded into... Read More

This week’s poem is by Matt Stancel. Matt lives with his wife and two daughters deep in the Bible Belt.  His book, Burn This Novel, is available at Amazon.com. It is loosely based on his... Read More

Brand-new comics from Jesus and Mo, Raging Pencils, and The Atheist Pig!              

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

Brand-new comics from Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils (formerly Far Left Side)!              

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