Death and the Skeptic
"The world began when I was born and the world is mine to win." —Badger Clark As much as the anthropocentric arrogance and subjectivity... Read More
The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael
For conservatives, New Yorker film critic Pauline Kael is notorious for her comment of astonishment when Richard Nixon won the 1972 presidential election since,... Read More
Candidate Without a Prayer: An Autobiography of a Jewish Atheist in the Bible Belt
“If a man is going to publish his life story, he had best take the precaution of leading an interesting life first. Or at... Read More
Unbelievable! Faith, Reason, & the Search for Truth
Joseph R. Haun will probably never be as familiar a name as Christopher Hitchens or Richard Dawkins, yet his humanist philosophy is more consistent... Read More
Barrier Methods: The Church’s Ceaseless Opposition to Birth Control
I recently found myself on the air at FoxNews.com where I argued with a staff member from the Family Research Council about birth control... Read More
Stretching It: An Englishwoman’s Search for American Spirituality
A while ago, I started to wonder how my boyfriend and I could add a spiritual component to our relationship. As an Englishwoman living... Read More
Editor’s Note
I’M SKEPTICAL about a great many things. Personally, I’m skeptical that a smartphone will drastically improve my life. I’m skeptical that my hybrid has... Read More
When Humanists Agree
There are so many issues that humanists tend to agree on more than 90% of the time: marriage equality for LGBT people, safe access... Read More
A Humanist Argument Against Pornography
Porn is problematic. It is an exhausting issue with an unending debate that deeply divides us. An obvious obstruction to dealing with the issue... Read More
It’s Only Human: Why Humanists Should Support Pornography
Sex. We’re all hard-wired by natural selection to want it. We all fantasize about it, too. So why is there such a cultural prudishness... Read More