View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. (Peasant) Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: The Heresy of Grazida Lizier Heresy-wise, it’s hard to beat the early thirteenth century. In Northern Italy, Southern France,... Read More

Jim Grebe’s book Democracy’s Defender: The Life of L.M. Birkhead presents the life of a Methodist minister-turned humanist Unitarian minister-turned social activist. Born in Missouri in 1885, Leon Milton Birkhead was a man of reason... Read More

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This week’s puzzle is a double jumble! Unscramble the words and place into the blanks with numbers beneath. Transfer the letters to the grid based on the numbered boxes to reveal a secret phrase. Special... Read More

As a groundbreaking indie romantic comedy about abortion, Gillian Robespiere’s Obvious Child has provoked both praise and criticism. Blogs such as Jezebel have applauded the film for its straightforward approach to a controversial subject. However,... Read More

When the United States was very young—circa 1808—President Thomas Jefferson and the wealthy, successful businessman John Jacob Astor (fur trading, Manhattan real estate) had a joint brainstorm. In the aftermath of the Meriwether Lewis and... Read More

Some humanists endorse the ancient notion that a wise guy invented religion with an omniscient god so that people, who might otherwise do bad things, would stay in line for fear that the god was... Read More