The Comics Section: Happy New Year
It’s a new year, and that means new comics from your favorites: Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!
Writing on the Wall: Social Media—The First 2,000 Years
Tom Standage’s self-imposed mandate is to assuage our technoterror. In books like his laudable study of the telegraph, The Victorian Internet (1998), and An Edible History of Humanity (2009), the author demonstrated, mostly successfully, that... Read More
Religion Without God
Ronald Dworkin’s last book, Religion Without God, is simultaneously a blast from the past and a sign of the times. He claims to be religious and atheist in a manner that has some parallels in... Read More
Tenured Professors All
The Best of the Christmas Hate Mail
Yes, it’s that time of year, when humanists and atheists are to blame for starting the fictional “War on Christmas”! While the American Humanist Association usually receives some “hate mail” around the holiday season by... Read More
New City, New People: A Humanist’s Travels on New Years Eve
Thomas Dixon’s goal is to visit a new city every year on New Year’s Eve, to open himself to new cultures, experiences, and people. He encourages other humanists to do the same. The first time... Read More
Review of Pearl Jam’s Lightning Bolt: New Album, Same Old Ways
It’s the same old songs for Pearl Jam, but die-hard fans will appreciate the familiarity. Meghan Hamilton reviews their newest album. If you are a Pearl Jam fan looking for the same familiar sound that... Read More