A reporter recently asked me when activists would consider the struggle to hold torturers accountable to be over. I replied that it wasn’t a... Read More

The prisoners had their feet shackled to the floor and their hands cuffed close to their chins… Detainees were clad only in diapers and... Read More

Listening to talk radio is like picking a scab. It’s hard to stop. And why stop? Despite its reputation for offering little more than... Read More

Readers of the Humanist may have noticed that we have yet to put Barack Obama on the cover. (Could we be the only magazine... Read More

“Where liberty is not, there is mine.” —Thomas Paine, replying to Benjamin Franklin’s remark, “Where liberty is, there is my country.” Thomas Paine, one... Read More

June 10, 2009Freethunk! Comics and humor for freethinkers and potential freethinkers.You're not crazy, they are!COPYRIGHT JEFF SWENSON Big Fat Whale COPYRIGHT BRIAN McFADDEN The... Read More

June 10, 2009 Are humanists a happy or a miserable lot? HNN readers react to Doug Thomas' column: (Re: Why Do Humanists Seem so... Read More

A weekly digest of atheist-related news and commentary by Hemant Mehta, adapted from his blog "The Friendly Atheist." June 10, 2009 Are you a... Read More

COLUMN By DOUG THOMAS June 10, 2009 Last month the offensive of the Sri Lankan army on the Tamil Tiger rebel army territory prompted... Read More

BY BRANDON WOJCIK June 10, 2009 There are many voices in the humanist movement, promoting humanist beliefs and values in unique ways. Critical to... Read More