The Humanist, Author at TheHumanist.com

Rural, Religious, and Racist: Molding the Minds of Children in All the Wrong Ways

Earlier this week, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) went to bat for the children of Mississippi by demanding an investigation into the school-sanctioned... Read More

Rules Are for Schmucks: The Rodney Dangerfield of Religions

This month’s Atlantic features an article about the failure of any religion outside the “Big Four” (Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam) to gain substantial... Read More

Clarifying Humanism through the Haze of Equivocation

In the aftermath of another tragedy fueled by bigoted ideology, a faction of so-called “humanists” on social media show their true selves. The usual... Read More

In Defense of the Bubble: An Atheist’s Guide to Living in a Red State

In previous articles for TheHumanist.com, I wrote about my eleven years working for the Catholic Church in spite of not believing in a god,... Read More

Total Eclipse of the Smart? Remember: It’s Science that Allows Us to Ogle

“I’m not a person of faith, but even so, the sun’s reappearance as the moon drew away seemed like the first line of Genesis... Read More

Humanist EDge: Taking the Humanist Life Stance

Ron Millar is the coordinator of the Center for Freethought Equality and the Freethought Equality Fund PAC (political action committee). He has spent more than thirty... Read More

Racism Past and Present Recognizing the Real Robert E. Lee

In the wake of the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend stemming from a white supremacist rally to protest the removal of... Read More