If You Think Most Were as Disturbed by Trump’s SOTU as You Were, Think Again
Over 47 million Americans tuned in to watch President Trump’s State of the Union address and of those viewers, only 25 percent disapproved of... Read More
The Arbitrary Inquisition of a Humanist Asylum Seeker
Earlier this month, the United Kingdom’s Home Office informed Hamza bin Walayat that his application for asylum was denied. Walayat, a native of Pakistan,... Read More
On Theocrats’ Peculiar Definition of the “Sanctity of Life”
On January 19, 2018, the day of the presumptuously titled "March for Life" in Washington, DC, theocratic leader Tony Perkins, president of the highly... Read More
Book Review: White American Youth
BOOK BY CHRISTIAN PICCIOLINI HACHETTE BOOKS, 2017 304 PP.; $15.99 (PAPERBACK), $11.99 (KINDLE) For some reason, de-Nazification is different from other political conversions. After... Read More
Germany Navigates Uncharted Legal Waters of Gender and Parenthood
A transgender woman in Berlin saved some of her sperm, prior to having gender reassignment surgery, in order to have a baby with her... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: If Parents Are Paying, Can They Complain to the University?
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comics Section: Pretending to Know The Answers
Revisiting a classic from Jesus and Mo!
What Education Professionals Can Learn from Finland
Sometimes it feels like we live in a standardized world, especially to our students. With standardized tests factoring so heavily in assessing whether or... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Fearing Paula White
Since I don’t attend myself, I’m not the best person to ask what impels people to belong to megachurches. A welcoming community, a chance... Read More
CPC Designations Omit Bangladesh, Egypt, and Russia, Are Weak on Pakistan
Every year the US State Department, as required by the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, designates countries as “countries of particular concern (CPC)”... Read More