The Science of Awe: How Wonder Can Replace Worship
For much of human history, awe had a name, and that name was God. Awe lived in temples and cathedrals, in thunder interpreted as... Read More
The Ethics of Digital Compassion: Humanism in an Age of Online Communities
In a world increasingly mediated by screens and algorithms, human interaction has shifted from physical spaces to digital ones. Social media platforms, online forums... Read More
Our NIMBY Democracy
A moral rot has been spreading through the politics of our cities and our suburbs for the last few decades, a rot dressed in... Read More
The Mechanics of Colonialism: Newtonian Metaphors in History
In the late 17th century, Isaac Newton published his “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy,” laying out three laws of motion that forever changed the... Read More
The Comics Section: It’s a New Year, Alright
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. Toast to 2026 by Christopher Weyant, The Boston Globe, MA
The Moral Cost of Certainty: Why Humanists Should Embrace Intellectual Humility
Humanism is a proud proponent of rationality, facts and research. Nevertheless, certainty can challenge itself quite readily as virtue even in societies that are... Read More
The North Pole Panopticon: Why Santa is Creepier Than You Remember
Let’s be honest: American Santa Claus is unsettling. It’s not just the sight of an overly-jolly old man breaking and entering; it’s the entire... Read More
Paper Cranes
Blue light shined through the cracked door and the projector hummed as “The Polar Express” captivated my fifth-grade class. My classmates laughed and played,... Read More
The Universe in a Grain of Sand: How Consciousness Became the Cosmos Looking at Itself
I have often marveled at how small we humans and our planet Earth are in the vast cosmic scale. Imagine holding a 100-gram ball... Read More
The Comics Section: SantAI Claude
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. AI Robots by Manny Francisco, Manila, The Phillippines