I Testified Against “In God We Trust” in Alabama. Then Came the Death Threats.
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
Rules Are for Schmucks: Did the Dog Eat the IRS’s Homework?
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
It’s Back-to-School Time. Is Your School Teaching Evolution?
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
The “Disruptive Technologist” Q&A with Caltech’s Virgil Griffith
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
Mind & Self in the Transhumanist Age Q&A with UConn Philosophy Professor Susan Schneider
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
Best of the Hate Mail: Responses from the AHA’s Letter Opposing Coach-Led Prayer in Public Schools
My summer internship at the American Humanist Association is sadly coming to a close, and the last two weeks have been interesting, to say... Read More
A Message for Kids: Without a Gun, You’re Helpless
While the U.S. Constitution guarantees Americans the right to own guns, there are extremists who take that right too far. Take the parents who... Read More
SLAVERY INC. The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking
Human trafficking—for sex, labor, and even organ selling—is among the most profitable businesses in the world, yet it is ignored or minimized by governments... Read More
Birth Control Bungle: The Supreme Court’s Appalling Ruling on Access to Contraceptives
The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 30 joint decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Burwell is yet another... Read More
Trans People and Basic Human Respect
There's something that's been puzzling me. I've been thinking about cisgender people who get upset about transgender people. ("Cisgender," for those of you who... Read More