LET’S BE HONEST, thus far the Trump era has been a nightmare for humanist values. Tolerance? Not a lot. Truth? Apparently that one’s subjective.... Read More

BOOK BY LEIGH ERIC SCHMIDT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2016 360 PP.; $35.00 WHAT INITIALLY DREW ME to read Village Atheists was curiosity about life... Read More

BOOK EDITED BY KAREN L GARST PRITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2016 272 PP.; $16.95 IN 2014 THE ARTS and crafts chain Hobby Lobby fought to exclude... Read More

BOOKS EDITED BY ART A. AYRIS KINGSTONE COMICS, 2016 2,053 PP. IN THREE VOLUMES, $74.99 ONE OF MY CHILDHOOD memories of United Presbyterian Sunday... Read More

These days it feels like the only news that comes out of Congress is about discriminating against religious minorities, cutting benefits for vulnerable communities,... 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

New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!              

Protesting has long been a common form of resistance, and lately in the United States we’ve seen popular protests against police violence, pipeline construction,... Read More

Senate Democrats are in hand-wringing mode over what to do about the Neil Gorsuch nomination to the US Supreme Court. As usual, much of... Read More

It's getting late and the crowded bar is starting to thin out. I have a half-drunken glass of beer in front of me that’s... Read More