The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: Still Ahead of Its Time?
Threescore years ago, on December 10, 1948, fifty-three nations on the earth, scarred by a terrible war, brought forth something new in human history,... Read More
What Would Jesus Do…If He Were a Lawyer?
Published in the Humanist, November/December 2008 Bruce Green was excited and daunted by the task that lay before him. It was August 2003, and... Read More
One Nation Under the Constitution: Reason, Politics, and Morality in the New Century
Maryland State Senator Jamie Raskin, an attorney and professor of constitutional law who has earned national recognition as a civil rights and civil liberties... Read More
The Accidental Atheist: From Hippie to Humanist in Half a Century
I was born eight months after my parents were married in 1931 and from there my life has been one accident after another. My... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND
Talk about a maverick (no, not those mavericks). On September 29, 2008, Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) spoke on the House floor in opposition to... Read More
Humanist Network News #35: Andy Rooney on Atheism
In this month's audio podcast we've got celebrities and the media on the brain. First we interview 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney about his... Read More
I Don’t Believe in Atheists
Chris Hedges is an experienced journalist who knows his way around the Middle East and the former Yugoslavia, as well as other troubled areas.... Read More
Seven Miles per Potato
The United States, which has lagged far behind Europe in developing diversified urban transport systems, is being swept by a “complete streets” movement, an... Read More
Keeping an Eye on the (Post-Bush) Faith-Based Initiative
On July 1, 2008, presidential hopeful Barack Obama unveiled his plan for the revamping and retooling of the Faith-Based Initiative, that well-recognized but little-understood... Read More
Deconstructing the Human Habitat
In February of this year, author and social critic James Howard Kunstler, best known for his landmark anti-suburban sprawl book, The Geography of Nowhere,... Read More
