The Humanist Dilemma: Dealing with the Pressure to Breastfeed
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: Certainty and Investigations
The latest from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
Ahead of the Curve: Living With Geoengineering – Part 2
Last week we looked at the all-but-hopeless prospects for cutting greenhouse gas emissions massively enough, and quickly enough, to avert a climate catastrophe that’s... Read More
The Fundamentals: Immigrants Power the Superpower
What is the role of migrants and refugees in the American economy? A Brookings Institution panel held four days before the midterms aimed to... Read More
Trump’s War on the Press: Two Veteran Journalists Speak Up
On October 17, I attended a discussion at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC, between legendary CBS journalists and lifelong friends Dan Rather and... Read More
Humanism & Anthropology: Allies in the Fight against Racism
Just seventeen days ago a man named Robert Bowers perpetrated the deadliest attack ever on Jews in the United States (and, yes, only six... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: Are People Going Too Far with Emotional Support Animals?
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: Preparing for War and Voting for Tigers
The latest from Jesus and Mo and Raging Pencils!
A Humanist Recap of the Midterm Election
In very good midterm election news, all ten members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus won their re-elections by considerable margins on Tuesday. That means... Read More
Ahead of the Curve: Living With Geoengineering – Part 1
There was more doom and gloom in climate change news last month. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a report saying that... Read More