For a bulk of it, 1,000 Lashes seems like a compellingly dull book. If its passages were published in, for example, The New York Times, they would probably... Read More

Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Ethical Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Ethical Dilemma). All... Read More

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In a Washington Post article last week Fred Barbash discussed the “war on ‘microaggressions’” and asked: “Has it created a ‘victimhood culture’ on campuses?”... Read More

Last week I wrote about “America’s Newest Religion,” an outfit calling itself the “Creativity Movement” that advocates white supremacy in the crudest terms. A... Read More

In 1956, the phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the official motto of the United States, replacing the original motto "E Pluribus... Read More

Last week, despite protests from anti-GMO groups, the European Parliament rejected a measure that would allow individual countries to ban genetically modified organisms (GMOs)... Read More

If we could reach deep into the mind of another person, what would we find? Perhaps to know the mind of another is to... Read More

For years, the American Humanist Association and countless humanists across the country have advocated for the right of people with terminal illnesses or who... Read More

Reporter Rory Fenton wrote on The Guardian in 2011 that “There is a gaping, atheist-shaped hole in the interfaith movement.” As a humanist attending... Read More