Humanism on the Move
STAFF REPORTFor HumanistNetworkNews.org March 03, 2010 The United Coalition of Reason (UCoR) is running bus ads in the Detroit area starting this week. The... Read More
The Difference Between What Is and What Should Be: What the Joint Statement on Religious Expression in American Public Life Gets Wrong
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
Foreign Policy + Religion = Recipe for Disaster
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
Christian Group Gives Aid to Haitians, but Leader Wants Something in Return
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
HOWARD ZINN (1922-2010)
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
Trailblazers Wanted: Perfection Not Required
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
Of Declarations and Tea Parties: A New Birth for the Religious Right?
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
Lonesome No More! Kurt Vonnegut’s Freethinking Heritage
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
Praying for Sex
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
No Agenda? A Humanist View of Justice Scalia
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
