Converting the Nones: Why an Aware Homo Secularis Is Paramount
Researcher Barry A. Kosmin is the founding director of the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society and Culture (ISSSC). He coined the... Read More
Planting Funny Seeds
A stand-up comedian from the age of ten, Leighann Lord has traveled the world with her comedic routines and appeared on Lifetime, VH-1, Comedy... Read More
Speeches from Awardees Mara Wilson and Richard Wiseman
Click below to read adaptations of award acceptance speeches from writer and actor Mara Wilson, winner of the 2019 LGBTQ Science Award, and psychologist,... Read More
Trump Ignores Climate, Gets into Hot Water at UN General Assembly
During the UN General Assembly in September, at an event dubbed a “Global Call to Protect Religious Freedom,” US President Donald Trump announced the... Read More
King of This World: Irreligious Trump Remains Popular with Evangelicals
In case you forgot, on August 21 Donald Trump thanked conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root for saying that Israeli Jews love the president, “like... Read More
The Importance of Organized Secularism in Politics
Despite making up almost a quarter of the US adult population, people with no religion (the “nones”) are underrepresented in politics. According to the... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | There’s No Broad Right to Use Your Religious Beliefs to Discriminate against People—Yet
A few years ago, I was invited to speak at a symposium on religious freedom at a Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church in Takoma... Read More
PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING | Simulation Rhapsody: How to Be Real Even If It’s All Fake
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? —“Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen At our current rate of technological advancement—especially in the fields of... Read More
HUMANISM 101 | The Human Mind Unbound
Attempting to clarify Catholic doctrine back in the fifth century, St. Augustine wrote: “Insofar as human nature is concerned, there is nothing better than... Read More
HUMANIST DILEMMA | What Do You Do When Someone Asks to Launch Lunch with Prayer?
Mind If I Pray? I know someone who, when she attends luncheons (both business and social), always announces she is a Christian and then... Read More
