National Day of Reason, recognized on the first Thursday of May each year to counter the Congressionally-mandated National Day of Prayer, is a project... Read More

In response to today’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Town of Greece v. Galloway, which determined that legislative prayer does not violate the Establishment... Read More

The National Day of Prayer has always been a controversial observance that has divided Americans. That’s one of the reasons that the National Day... Read More

Yesterday, the American Humanist Association and other humanist, atheist, secular and freethought groups celebrated the National Day of Reason. Since 2003, the American Humanist... 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 puzzle, titled "Touching the Future," is a double jumble! Unscramble the words and place into the blanks with numbers beneath. Transfer the... Read More

Your favorites are back! New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!              

Everybody talks about censorship, but nobody does anything about it. Maybe they should. I haven’t watched the movie Noah. Nor am I going to... Read More

On Tuesday I was invited by the White House to meet with Roy Austin, Deputy Assistant to the President for Urban Affairs, Justice, and... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon’s “A Short History of Evolution” series. Click here to see all the articles in this series. When... Read More