Writing on the Wall: Social Media—The First 2,000 Years

Tom Standage’s self-imposed mandate is to assuage our technoterror. In books like his laudable study of the telegraph, The Victorian Internet (1998), and An... Read More
Religion Without God

Ronald Dworkin’s last book, Religion Without God, is simultaneously a blast from the past and a sign of the times. He claims to be... Read More
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Humanist Performance Anxiety

Does this ever happen to you? I have this set of humanist values, and chief among them is the notion that since I only... Read More
Whose Fault Is the Human Condition?

There is a famous story about an essay contest in England in 1910. The topic was, “What is wrong with the world?” The British... Read More
Religion in America: Crisis of Faith or Crisis in Faith?

Leaders of religious right groups are fond of claiming that the United States faces a crisis of faith. They’re right, but they’re off by... Read More
2013 Humanist PHOTO CONTEST Winners

The Humanist magazine has traveled the globe! Check out the five best entries in our annual photo contest. 1st PLACE Members of the... Read More
An All-Natural Faith

Participating in the first Sunday Assembly in Washington, DC, this past November was a delightful and inspiring experience. My little talk in the midst... Read More
Coffee and Gunpowder

This past October a petition appeared at my neighborhood Starbucks concerning the government shutdown. Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz said he was circulating... Read More
The Church of the Greater Solipsism

Much of the secular world has focused on problems of traditional organized authoritarian religion, but has had little concern for the equally problematic modern... Read More