The Traveling Humanist: The Panthéon in Paris, France
I was once walking along West Nanjing road in Shanghai at ten o'clock in the evening when I ran across an old French acquaintance... Read More
The Humanist Hour #95: Greta Christina on Coming Out Atheist
In this episode, Todd and Kim interview Greta Christina, author of Coming Out Atheist: How to Do It, How to Help Each Other, and... Read More
See What Local Groups Are Doing for National Day of Reason
Want your local humanist group want to participate in National Day of Reason but don’t know how to start? It’s not too late! There... Read More
Paths to People Establishing a Humanist Service Corps
The Pathfinders have been to rural Cambodia, teaching English to children at dawn before they head off to the rice fields. We have sung... Read More
The Benefit Corporation The Unlikely Hero of a Sustainable Economy?
Imagine, if you will, a paradigm shift to a sustainable global economic system in which all corporations act as responsible global citizens. The unlikely... Read More
Papal Economics Why Pope Francis is Making “Cafeteria Catholics” out of the Catholic Right
Since its release on November 24, 2013, Pope Francis’ first official document, Evangelii Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”), has been the subject of... Read More
The Materialist in Her Bathtub
The materialism of people in the United States is axiomatic. Yet Mary McCarthy argued in a 1947 Commentary essay titled “America the Beautiful” that... Read More
Cosmopolitanism & Humanism
I felt at home wandering the Taj Lifestyle Center (commonly called the Taj Mall) in Amman, Jordan. It housed international retailers like H&M and... Read More
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A Charter for Controversy? Public school “alternatives” still must abide by the separation of church and state
Starting in the late 1980s charter schools were pitched to Americans as a harmless and non-threatening alternative to traditional public schools. That’s come to... Read More