The Humanist Dilemma: Can We Ever Pay People Who Clean up after Us Enough?
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: “Freedom” of Religion, Conservative Math, and Birds Who Sow
New comics by Jesus and Mo, The Atheist Pig, and Raging Pencils!
Protecting Protest
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
Rules Are for Schmucks: The Case against Gorsuch
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
The Susceptible Mind: How the Internet Enables Hard Hearts and Soft Heads
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
What Humanists Worry about Most
Last week the American Humanist Association polled its Facebook followers on what their major concerns about the Trump administration are. The choices boiled down... Read More
The Humanist Hour #227: Gleb Tsipursky on the Rational Politics Project
Download an audio file of this podcast. When Donald Trump was elected President of the United States, we all knew the world had changed... Read More
Sir Salman’s Day
Valentine’s Day excerpt from Holidays and Other Disasters (Humanist Press, 2013) “On St. Valentine’s Day, 1989, the last day of her life…” – The... Read More
Lucky on Valentine’s Day Even if you don’t like celebrating the holiday, be grateful you have the choice
Lots of adults eschew Valentine’s Day as a forced holiday that makes single people feel bad and couples feel pressured to spend money and... Read More
An Evolutionary Holiday: Darwin Day Events Held across the US
Every year, on or around February 12, American Humanist Association chapters and local humanist groups hold events in celebration of International Darwin Day. The... Read More