“And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. And I say to mankind,... Read More

“Won’t people get mad if we criticize religion in our presentation?” my student asked. She was referring to the prevalence of sexual abuse allegations... Read More

Scare tactics are an important weapon in the assault on church-state separation. This was on display in the American Humanist Association’s recent Supreme Court... Read More

When I speak to family members, friends, and colleagues about the next presidential election, the overriding question is: Who, among the long and growing... Read More

Aimee Maddonna is a Catholic woman in Simpsonville, South Carolina, who wants to volunteer to help children in foster care. Maddonna would seem to... Read More

Before I converted to Christian fundamentalism as a young man, the only philosophers I recall having any familiarity with were Bertrand Russell and Immanuel... Read More

Dear Mom, I’ve known you forever. When I bring up some story about when I was born you like to joke, saying, “I know,... Read More

Q: From a humanist perspective, is it ethical to leave a so-so marriage for something better? I’ve been married for twenty-eight years, and while... Read More

BY WILL HUNT SPIEGEL & GRAU, 2018 275 PP., $27.00 Underground is a strange little book, and not just because it reveres caves, catacombs,... Read More

BY JONATHAN METZL BASIC BOOKS, 2019 352 PP.; $32.00 Almost everyone will be familiar with the general thesis of Jonathan Metzl’s book, Dying of Whiteness:... Read More