The Ethical Dilemma: I’m a Child Care Director, and I Need to Fire Someone. Help!
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
The Comics Section: Faith in Logic, Religious Self-Help Books, We’re All Going to Die Anyway
New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!
On Perverts and Terrorists: The Semantics of ISIS
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. But is ISIS, ISIL, IS, SIC, or Da’ish as Islamic? At the February 18... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: What’s the Difference between a Christian Nation and a Jewish State?
Humanists don’t agree on everything, but one area where we’re pretty close to unanimity is revulsion at the thought of America being officially (or... Read More
The AFA’s Bigotry Map: A Who’s Who of Humanism
Congratulations to all the freethought and LGBT groups recognized by the American Family Association (AFA) last week on their much-discussed interactive Bigotry Map, dedicated... Read More
The Humanist Hour #140: Awkward Moments in the Bible, with Horus Gilgamesh
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett interviews Horus Gilgamesh, author of the Awkward Moments (not... Read More
Book Review: Tales from Gombe
Tales from Gombe is an intimately illustrated coffee table book created by wildlife photographers Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers. It details the simian soap... Read More
I.U.D. (Informed Unbelieving Daughters): Why Young Women Might Be Leaving Religion
Many humanists are already aware of the growing percentage of the US population that identifies as nonreligious. According to a study by the Pew... Read More
Humanism and the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
“If American democracy will not insure equality of opportunity, freedom and justice to its citizens, black and white, it is a hollow mockery and... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: I Don’t Want to Take Communion at My Friend’s Wedding!
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