The Humanist Dilemma: Why Won’t My Best Guy Friend Let Me Be Friends with His Wife?
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: Get Saved, TrumpCare as Faith Healing, and the American Way
Your favorites from Jesus and Mo, Raging Pencils, and the Atheist Pig!
Trump Doesn’t Know Much about History…or Does He?
History is more than facts, names, and dates. It's about discovering why the world is the way it is today because of the events... Read More
Trump Signs Executive Order on Religious Liberty—National Day of Reason More Relevant Than Ever
Today is the National Day of Reason, observed in parallel with the National Day of Prayer on the first Thursday in May each year.... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Rethinking Federalism
I don’t look at the Conservative Review very often. Most of its articles are just annoying. Every now and then, though, they hit on... Read More
Will Trump Let Girls Learn or Not?
As I read about the Trump administration’s plans to scrap former first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let Girls Learn” program, I found myself reacting in... Read More
Thoughts on Prayers: Jimmy Kimmel Says They Even Had Atheists Praying for His Son
[updated 5/5/17] Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional plea Monday night for affordable healthcare for Americans with pre-existing conditions, made as he... Read More
…Without God Secular Vision for a Changing World (Exercise #1)
In the March/April 2017 issue of the Humanist magazine, Tom Krattenmaker of the Yale Humanist Community calls the time we’re currently living in “The... Read More
A Conservative Defense of Darwinian Evolution
By definition, conservative opinion aims to conserve knowledge rooted in the past in order to better understand human affairs, particularly with a view to... Read More
Book Excerpt: Civility, Democratic Education, and Public Reason
Reprinted with permission from Have a Little Faith: Religion, Democracy and the American Public School by Benjamin Justice and Colin Macleod, published by the... Read More
