Partisanship not Easily Forgotten: My Experience at the 2017 Congressional Baseball Game
The 2017 Congressional Baseball Game will be long remembered as the one played the day after the shooting at the Republican team’s practice in... Read More
Humanists Must Enter the Middle East Policy Fray To Prevent War with Iran
In February 2015 I wrote an op-ed for the Humanist titled “Religious Nationalism: A Weapon of Mass Destruction" in which I said that the conflicts... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: Should We Have Forced Our Son to Go on an Overseas Service Trip?
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: Religious Billboards, Double Standards, and Chicken Sacrifice
Your favorites from Jesus and Mo, Raging Pencils, and The Atheist Pig!
Rules Are for Schmucks: The End of Law in Arkansas
Should judges be impartial? Or should defendants and victims be forced to endure a mockery of a trial conducted by a judge who’s already... Read More
The Fascist Path
The moving spirits of fascism have always been, first, a tyrannical love for one's country and, second, a sadistic hatred of leftists, immigrants, and... Read More
Worthy Goal: US Soccer Celebrates Pride Month
Last month, the US men’s and women’s national soccer teams unveiled their latest jerseys. In celebration of Pride Month, the white home shirts and... Read More
Is Humanism the Answer?
As I reflect on the 76th Annual Conference of the American Humanist Association, held June 8-11 in Charleston, South Carolina, I keep returning to... Read More
….Without God Secular Vision for a Changing World (Exercise #3)
Previous exercises in this series can be found here. Readers may still contribute their responses. Exercise #3. What You See Is What You Are... Read More
Film Review: The Sunday Sessions
The Sunday Sessions is excruciating. The good kind of excruciating. This fly-on-the-wall documentary from director Richard Yeagley follows Nathan, a committed Christian, as he... Read More
