Life of Jones: Remembering a Python and His Humanism
It’s now been just over a month since beloved British funnyman Terry Jones died (on January 21). References to his films and the comedic... Read More
You, Not You: Policy Incoherence and the Travel Ban
Like a belated New Year’s present to his steadfast base, on January 31, 2020, President Trump added six countries—Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, Myanmar, Tanzania, and Nigeria,... Read More
Humanists Lead Local Candidate Forum
It’s 2020. Campaigning is in the air, and you can’t go outside without smelling partisanship. If you’re active in a humanist or other secular... Read More
Let’s Be Blunt: Cannabis Research Isn’t Where It Should Be
ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS and archeologists, cannabis has been used as medicine in China for over 5,000 years. Currently, thirty-three US states and the... Read More
The New “Roaring” Twenties
WELCOME TO THE NEW ROARING TWENTIES. The “roar” heard at the dawn of these 2020s isn’t the boisterousness and glitz for which last century’s... Read More
I Testify: Congress Must Push for the Repeal of Blasphemy Laws Abroad
On January 28, 2020, the testimony of Rafida Bonya Ahmed, a humanist activist and author, was presented before the United States House of Representatives... Read More
American Jurisprudence on Trial
If Religious Preference Is a Violation of the Constitution, What Are Humanists Doing about It? “DOES IT VIOLATE the Religion Clauses or Equal Protection... Read More
Peace, Love, and Mathiness: Considering Bertrand Russell’s Relevance
FEBRUARY 2020 MARKS the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Bertrand Russell—someone many readers of this magazine will know already for the essay adaptation... Read More
Spirit of the Law: Keeping Justice Alive in Red States
In January the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported that a lawyer named David Fowler, representing the Family Action Council of Tennessee’s Constitutional Government Defense... Read More
Elevator Protest: The Wheels of Justice Grind Too Slowly for These New Yorkers
On a brisk, blue-sky morning in the autumn of 2019, outside the New York State Supreme Court Building in Manhattan and across the street... Read More
