No Moore: Alabama Is Finally Rid of the Worst Judge in America
ROY S. MOORE, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, has lost his job—again. This is cause for celebration. It means that we may... Read More
Niki Massey, and Why Some Humanist Voices Don’t Get Heard
NIKI MASSEY DIED on October 1, 2016, at the age of thirty-five. Chances are good you don’t know who Niki Massey was, that you... Read More
Hope
A YOUNG WOMAN in a self-management and recovery training (SMART) meeting I coordinate asked me how anything could go right for her when she... Read More
A Thanksgiving Prayer
We are grateful to be In a universe in which stars Are born and over time will die Giving forth the elements of everything.... Read More
The Gene: An Intimate History
BOOK BY SIDDARTHA MUKHERJEE SCRIBNER, 2016 608PP.; $38.00 At first glance, The Gene: An Intimate History may not be the best book for light... Read More
The 1926 World Series: A Humanist Miracle
One of the leading arguments for the existence of supernatural power is sometimes called the “argument from miracles.” There are many reports of phenomena... Read More
Welcome to Mortality
Life is a terminal condition and death never takes a holiday, except that Terry Pratchett’s character named Death did once take a holiday (alas,... Read More
Book Review: The Making of Working-Class Religion by Matthew Pehl How Do We Cultivate Working Class Humanism?
When 5 percent of the US population owns 63 percent of the country’s wealth and the bottom 40 percent of the population has none,... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma
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
The Comics Section: No Jesus, No Peace, and Islamic Human Rights
Your favorites from The Atheist Pig, and Jesus and Mo!
