The New McCarthyism: How the Culture Wars Replaced the Function of Our Government
The United States is in a new era of hysteria — one not driven by the lingering spectre of Soviet-era communism, as in the... Read More
Book Review: “Separation of Church and Hate”
BOOK BY JOHN FUGELSANG That a book defending Christianity and the Bible against fundamentalists and religious nationalists could be relevant to humanists might seem... Read More
Singing the Hymns of Utopia
Greetings, my fellow humans. I am Madam Who?, world’s first self-proclaimed original pop/rock Humanist Music Artist from Pennsylvania who wears steampunk hats to cover... Read More
Faith in Freedom: Why Secular Democracy Protects the Sacred and the Human
Across history, every society has faced the same temptation — to surrender the complexity of freedom for the simplicity of certainty. Today, that temptation... Read More
The Comics Section: New TSA Requirements
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. All new TSA checkpoint by Jeff Koterba, patreon.com/jeffreykoterba
On “Coming Out”
Coming out is overrated. The concept. The expectation. It reeks of compulsory heteronormativity and I don’t like it one bit. For the uninitiated, compulsory... Read More
The Comics Section: Creative Recruitment
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. Air traffic control staffing by Dave Granlund, PoliticalCartoons.com
The Banned Books Our Staff Love and Recommend
It’s Banned Books Week, that mischievous time of year when we celebrate the written works that have dared to offend, enlighten or simply ask... Read More
The Age of Manufactured Awe: Can Wonder Survive in a Synthetic World?
When I first started writing, I thought the job was to sound certain. I thought that if I arranged my sentences neatly enough, if... Read More
Our A.I. Alignment Imperative: Creating a Future Worth Sharing
This article was written with the support of advanced AI tools, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google Gemini. It was first published in September... Read More