Human Value and the Puritan Work Ethic
What makes a human life valuable? That’s a huge question, obviously, and not one that’s going to be settled in a magazine column. I... Read More
The Personal Geography of Deconversion
Until I was nine, the church we attended was forty-five minutes away; we went twice every Sunday, so altogether that was three hours spent... Read More
I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street
BOOK BY MATT TAIBBI SPIEGEL & GRAU (2017) 336 PP.; $28.00 (HARDCOVER) $14.99 (KINDLE) With the title, I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay... Read More
An Atheist Stranger in a Strange Religious Land: Selected Writings from the Bible Belt
BOOK BY HERB SILVERMAN PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2017 264PP.; $15.95 Humanists know Herb Silverman well. He is a past board member of the American Humanist... Read More
Goodness Trumped Racism in Alabama. Goodness Trumped Homophobia and Theocracy. And Yes, It Trumped Sexism and Sexual Predation.
Well, I’ll be damned. Alabama elected Democrat Doug Jones to the US Senate and sent the awful Roy Moore and his pistol packing. So... Read More
Humanist EDge: Always More to Learn and Do
From an editorial internship with the Humanist magazine to becoming the development & communications director and senior editor of TheHumanism.com, I worked for the... Read More
Overdoses Are Rising because the War on Drugs Isn’t Over
More than 64,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States in 2016. Let’s put that in perspective. According to the Centers for... Read More
Debunking the Rise of Democratic Christian Voters
In a recent Atlantic article titled "Why Democrats Must Regain the Trust of Religious Voters," author Michael Wear makes the well-worn argument that the... Read More
The Wisdom of Reza Aslan’s God: A Human History
In his new book, God: A Human History, Reza Aslan reviews the history of and scholarly literature on humans’ conceptions of the divine. Simultaneously... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: How Can I Get My Guy to Stop Messing with People on the Phone?
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