The Humanist Dilemma: Biblical Slavery and the Modern Fundamentalist
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All... Read More
The Comics Section: Getting Away with Murder and Trump’s New Year
The latest from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
Rules Are for Schmucks: Post-Christian Hyperventilation
Four different articles last month devoted a staggering number of syllables to decrying the effects of the slump in organized religious affiliation. My suspicion... Read More
Can We Talk? Improving the Channels of Communication in 2019
Every January people make New Year’s resolutions. Many of them are related to health, like resolving to exercise more, or are related to the... Read More
Christian Nationalism in Your Statehouse: Project Blitz Update
Last year we reported on Project Blitz, a project of the Congressional Prayer Caucus Foundation (CPCF) with the stated aim “To protect the free... Read More
Trump Weighs in on Humanists’ Cross Case
Donald Trump’s administration has repeated a pattern of disregard for true religious liberty in the name of Christian nationalistic religious freedom, carrying out the... Read More
If Social Media Is Making Us Worse, Can We Make It Better?
SOCIAL MEDIA IS BAD. It takes your worst parts—your vanity, your ignorance, your credulity—and makes them even worse. It weakens your ability to focus.... Read More
Can Humanism Overcome Hate?
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, a city once known for steel mills, bootlegging, and brawls, has earned the right to feel proud again. Among its points of... Read More
What Patriot Prayer is Praying For
"THERE HAVE DEFINITELY been a couple of times where I walked away from one our rallies and thought: Was that bad for the country?... Read More
Why the Catholic Church Is So Conflicted about Sex
AMONG THE QUESTIONS that have been asked in the wake of the latest sex abuse scandals involving Catholic clergy is one that has been... Read More
