By BOB RITTER For HumanistNetworkNews.org Mar. 03, 2010 Last week, I had the opportunity to discuss the publication Religious Expression in American Public Life:... Read More

The Chicago Council on Global Affairs recently recommended in an 85-page report that the U.S. government develop a strategy to make religion "integral" to... Read More

COLUMN By HEMANT MEHTA Adapted from "The Friendly Atheist." For HumanistNetworkNews.org Mar. 03, 2010 One question that atheists often get asked is, "Why don't... Read More

The following statements were made by Howard Zinn at a symposium sponsored by the Humanist at the Ethical Society of Boston on April 10,... Read More

One of the easiest ways to insult an atheist or humanist is to compare him or her to a religious fundamentalist. So prepare for... Read More

Late last year a collection of far-right religious leaders gathered in Washington, DC, to unveil something called the “Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian... Read More

On April 27, 2007, Kurt Vonnegut was scheduled to speak in Indianapolis as part of the city-proclaimed Year of Vonnegut (he was born and... Read More

A 140-year-old organization in London called the “Catholic Truth Society” has published a new “Prayer Book for Spouses,” containing among other things a prayer... Read More

With the death Saturday of the conservative lion of the U.S. Supreme Court, Justice Antonin Scalia, we revisit David Niose's analysis of his jurisprudence... Read More

In 2004 I began speaking at rallies and forums around the country on issues of peace and justice, something I’ve done off and on... Read More