I don’t know about you, but spending the past six months feverishly refreshing FiveThirtyEight’s 2016 Presidential Election Forecast has fried brain cells that I... Read More

For many of us, this has been a tumultuous and enormously divisive presidential election season with very high stakes, but we’re finally at the... Read More

It's a very common sentiment that America is on the precipice of losing her place as the preeminent superpower of the world because our... Read More

Texas State House candidate Elizabeth Tarrant’s positions on issues should matter to voters. Her religion, or lack thereof, should not. But her opponent, incumbent... Read More

Whichever your go-to election coverage source may be, even among commercial media outlets considered left leaning, there may be a good chance they’re rooting... Read More

Experiencing a humanist 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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Humanists are already familiar with the “God of the gaps” theory, which refers to poorly made arguments assuming that if a phenomenon doesn’t have... Read More

Last fall I wrote a piece about “Religion and the Torture of Animals,” describing, among other things, the unsuccessful efforts of animal welfare advocates... Read More

September 2, 2008. That’s the day I first arrived in Richmond, Virginia, from New York City to embark on a journey that didn’t have... Read More