COSMIC QUEST: An Interview with Physicist Max Tegmark Part Two
As a restless teenager, the Swedish-born physicist Max Tegmark wrote code for a shareware game that made him enough pocket change to travel the... Read More
The Humanist Puzzle: Answers to “Touching the Future” Double Jumble
Did you try last week’s puzzle? Find the answers below! Special thanks to our puzzle creator, Dan Mason. Dan creates puzzles for the Williamsport... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: I Came Out as an Atheist, and Now My Family Hates Me. 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
Humanism and the Death Penalty Is disapproval of capital punishment leading to more painful deaths?
The botched execution of convicted murderer Clayton Lockett on April 29, 2014, in Oklahoma was widely reported, and his painful death by lethal injection,... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: With Friends Like Justice Kagan, Who Needs Enemies?
“There they go again,” many liberals are moaning about the Supreme Court’s decision in Greece v. Galloway. “Another 5-4 decision where the conservative majority... Read More
COSMIC QUEST: An Interview with Physicist Max Tegmark Part One
As a restless teenager, the Swedish-born physicist Max Tegmark wrote code for a shareware game that made him enough pocket change to travel the... Read More
A Short History of Evolution: Morality
This article is part of Carl Coon’s “A Short History of Evolution” series. Click here to see all the articles in this series. Our... Read More
The Humanist Hour #97: Science and Skepticism with Michael Shermer
In this episode, Bo and Kim interview Dr. Michael Shermer. Dr. Shermer is the Founding Publisher of Skeptic magazine, the Executive Director of the... Read More
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Episode 4 One Nun Against God: The Human Tragedy of Héloïse d’Argenteuil
Where's Dave? Tune in to the next episode of The Cartoon History of Humanism where Dave talks to Abelard about his irresistibly absurd life.... Read More
Guess Who Got into a Facebook Face-off over Atheism?
While the idea of a face-off on social media might suggest stepping into the middle of a frivolous fracas, a serious issue was raised... Read More