Book Review: The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt

by David Chivers

Awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction, Stephen Greenblatt’s new book The Swerve: How the World Became Modern gives us a fascinating, if somewhat... Read More

Humanist Voices in Verse:

This week we’re featuring a poem by a new contributor, Sylvia Ramos Cruz. Ramos Cruz is a physician and surgeon, gardener and world traveler... Read More

Thinking Like a Scientist The Humanist Interview with Congressman Rush Holt

by Nikki Stern

Constituents of Rush Holt, the popular congressman representing central New Jersey, like to flaunt bumper stickers that declare: “My congressman IS a rocket scientist.”... Read More

Torture on Trial Legal and Humane Frameworks for Opposing Torture

by David Swanson

Cases come in by the thousands from all over the world. A man was beaten and whipped. A woman was beaten and raped. A boy was... Read More