A new study by The Seidewitz Group, commissioned by the American Humanist Association with support from the Stiefel Freethought Foundation, reports that 34 percent... Read More

Hail the triumphant return of your favorite comics: Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!            ... 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

This week’s poem is by Daniel Thomas Moran, TheHumanist.com poetry editor, retired dentist and Boston University Assistant Professor, former Poet Laureate of Suffolk County,... Read More

Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption for last week’s Photo Caption Contest! (Special thanks to the British Humanist Association for the photograph!)  ... Read More

On June 19, 2014, I coordinated the delivery of public testimony before the Mobile, Alabama, County Commission against a resolution to display a plaque... Read More

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) recently announced a settlement in which the IRS agreed to re-initiate enforcement of a federal law that has... Read More

As American children return to school, many will be enrolled in science classes where they will learn the important basics about the Big Bang,... Read More

Clay Farris Naff: You say you want to create a machine that feels. Yet, surely, some machines already possess awareness. (A thermostat is aware... Read More

Clay Farris Naff: No one has yet produced a testable and accepted theory of consciousness. Yet, you and others seem confident that a working... Read More