A few weeks ago, my very good friend Pascal Bouveret died of lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis. Pascal was a blue-collar intellectual—a man from... Read More

Promoted as a “celebration of science,” the March for Science was held on Earth Day, April 22, 2017, in over 600 cities around the... Read More

Today marks the third anniversary of the US Supreme Court ruling in Town of Greece v. Galloway, which essentially concluded that “opening town board... Read More

What cruel mind would object to lowering the occurrence of rape and murder? Or to preventing fatal diseases from developing before they even exist?... 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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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

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

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

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