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On January 5, 1477, Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, was pulled from his horse and his head was cleaved in two by a... Read More

In his 2009 book, The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, biologist Richard Dawkins highlights a conceptual difference between the way anthropologists... Read More

This week, I attended several events on Capitol Hill focused on international and domestic religious freedom, an issue of importance to theists and nontheists... Read More

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

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Scotland considers a change to organ donation policy The government of Scotland is considering adopting an “opt-out” organ donation policy, and the Catholic Church... Read More

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When I read that legislation was under consideration in three states (Texas, Oklahoma, and South Dakota) that would allow for legal discrimination against non-Christian,... Read More