Who Deserves Compassion?
Considerations on the Eve of a Terrorist’s Trial The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is scheduled to begin in January, a year and nine months... Read More
A Watershed Moment for Death with Dignity
MOST OF US don’t choose the time of our death and don’t have any idea when we’ll die. And that’s a good thing. Living... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: My Sister-In-Law Takes My Daughter to Church!
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: Real Islam, Psychics Don’t Come Free, and What’s More Important?
New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!
The Top 10 Most-Read TheHumanist.com Articles of 2014
Since launching in February 2014, TheHumanist.com has published many truly fantastic articles examining news, politics, science, and culture from a humanist perspective. As 2014... Read More
Should Humanists Celebrate Christmas? Readers Share their Thoughts
Special thanks to TheHumanist.com readers who answered Senior Editor Maggie Ardiente’s question last week about humanists celebrating Christmas! We received a wide variety of... Read More
The Darkest Day: A Quintessentially Humanist Celebration
In 2007 the American Humanist Association became the first national sponsor of HumanLight, the humanist holiday celebrated on or around December 23. The HumanLight... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Pope Teflon Strikes Again
Public figures as diverse as Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and John Gotti have all been called “Teflon men,” because nothing sticks to them. They... Read More
The Humanist Hour #129: James Croft on the Complex Issues of Ferguson
Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Kim Ellington interview James Croft, humanist activist involved... Read More
Congress Moves to Defeat DC Marijuana Law
After 70 percent of District of Columbia residents passed a semi-legal marijuana bill, allowing individuals to possess up to two ounces and cultivate a... Read More
