Out of Place A Boulder Church’s Path toward Denominational Realignment
IN MARCH, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), the largest Presbyterian denomination in the country with 1.8 million members, announced it would start allowing its ministers... Read More
Self-Management & Recovery Training A SMART Humanistic Approach to Addiction Recovery
“The best antidotes to addiction are joy and competence—joy as the capacity to take pleasure in the people, activities, and things that are available... Read More
Whose Pleasure? Whose Pain? Applying the Hedonic Calculus to Public Policy
“We must, therefore, pursue the things that make for happiness, seeing that when happiness is present, we have everything; but when it is absent,... Read More
Who Says Body Painting and Lingerie Parties Aren’t Divine? Property Tax Exemptions Should Apply to All Churches (or Better Yet, None)
The religious right ought to be up in arms over the latest government assault on the free exercise of religion. Last week in Panama... Read More
Once you commit to being yourself, then change can happen.
NONBELIEVERS have got to be tired of hearing critics claim that in the absence of God, all hell breaks loose. The famous aphorism, “Without... Read More
Humanists across America Celebrate Earth Day 2015
Earth Day was founded in 1970 by US Senator (WI) Gaylord Nelson to push the environment onto the national agenda. It is an inclusive... Read More
It’s Official: Some Office Holders Put Reason on Par with Prayer, Others Don’t
A little over a month ago, the United Coalition of Reason (UnitedCoR) asked its groups to increase their involvement in support of the National... Read More
The Humanist Hour #147: Critical Thinking and Anti-Intellectualism, with Dr. Michael Britt
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett speaks with Dr. Michael Britt, host of The Psych... Read More
Religiosity and the Wellbeing of Nations
Last week Gallup International and the Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research released a survey that ranked sixty-five countries around the world on religiosity... Read More
Sign of the Times? Fatal Protest of Income Inequality Largely Ignored by Mainstream Media
Chances are good you’ve never heard the name Leo P. Thornton, even though his story made national news last week. Sort of. Leo P.... Read More