Imposter Syndrome, and What It Means to Be an Adult
“I don’t feel like an adult.” Perhaps that or any of the following statements sound familiar to you: “My adult life looks nothing like... Read More
The Danger of Scientism
I’ve been surprised at how many people I’ve met in the secular movement who dismiss fiction, saying they’re only interested in reading nonfiction and,... Read More
Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
It’s a Wonderful Life is such a cheery movie, we forget that the main character, George Bailey, gets drunk, crashes his car into a... Read More
Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind
Doubting the divine while still wearing the seal of the cross can be psychological torture, like being held captive in a medieval dungeon of... Read More
Humanism isn’t absolute but we can still ask: How can humanists best comport themselves?
WHEN SEARCHING for the right words to paint some stripe of human behavior, I find it’s so often true that Mark Twain said it... Read More
Do College Athletes Get a Pass to Sexually Harass?
With so much money on the line, the asset’s value goes up while the victim’s declines Humanists might assume that the general consensus on... Read More
Are Atheists Unpatriotic? AHA Legal Center Launches Another State Lawsuit Against “Under God” in Pledge
Are atheists unpatriotic? Most non-theists would say no and assert that loyalty to their country has nothing to do with belief, or nonbelief, in... Read More
Your Humanist Poll: Are You Still Watching Cosmos?
The seventh of thirteen episodes of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey airs this Sunday, April 20th on Fox (and Monday on National Geographic Channel). Are... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: “To Weathermen”
This week’s poem is by Daniel Thomas Moran, TheHumanist.com poetry editor, retired dentist and Boston University Assistant Professor, former Poet Laureate of Suffolk County,... Read More
The Ethical Dilemma: My Son Sends Me E-Mails Signed With a Religious Message. Can I Include a Secular One on Mine?
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