If Voting Is So Important, Why Aren’t Fair, Open, Verifiable Elections Important?

It’s impossible in US society not to frequently encounter the demand to vote, no matter what, no matter for whom, as a basic civic... Read More
Shame Isn’t an Education

How did you learn about sex? Were you taught that it’s a natural part of life or that it’s a sin? Did you receive... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | The Five Strangest Things the Religious Right Believes about President Trump

For many years I worried that a biblical inerrancy-believing Christian zealot would secure the Republican Party nomination for president, go on to win the... Read More
NONEDECISION 2020 | Four Decades of the None Vote

Since 1980, the year Ronald Reagan was elected, there have been ten presidential elections. According to exit poll data in each of those elections,... Read More
INSIDE THE WALLS | Escaping the Gang Delusion: No Priests Required

When I was a baby my parents had me baptized by a Catholic priest. In my teens I decided to get baptized again, but... Read More
HUMANISM 101 | There Is No “Planet B”

Both the delicacy and the resilience of life on earth are amazing. Just think—we know of at least five mass global extinction events: the... Read More
HUMANIST DILEMMA | Dare I Join the Daughters of the American Revolution?

Not the Daughter They Think I Am: I’ve been looking for the perfect place to voice my concern and think your column may be... Read More
FIRST PERSON | Helping Hands

Like many nonbelievers, I’m an apostate Christian. I grew up in an evangelical church, little hands clasped in prayer. In my early twenties I... Read More
Beginning 2020 on a Kind of Road Trip, Exploring Potential Hazards Ahead

It’s 2020! Let the ironic wordplay about clear and perfect vision begin. Or maybe we go with a different metaphor about surviving the difficult... Read More
Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide

BY RICHARD DAWKINS RANDOM HOUSE, 2019 304PP., $27.00 Richard Dawkins was raised Christian, attended Christian schools, and was confirmed in the Church of England... Read More