A recent New York Times piece by Molly Worthen (author of the book Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism) examines... Read More

“Does a flower blooming in an uninhabited wood have no value?” —Lyle L. Simpson (2011) At embarkation, the Jovian Explorer had a crew of... Read More

The late Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was no fan of the separation of church and state. In 1985, when the Supreme Court handed... Read More

I tend to cringe when strangers ask me where I’m from. In that split-second, my tongue turns into a spring mattress in bad need... Read More

In 2011, two months before my fortieth birthday, my world was obliterated when I became incarcerated and began serving an eight-and-a-half-year prison term. Nothing... Read More

BY STEPHEN GREENBLATT W. NORTAON & COMPANY, 2018 224 PP.; $21.95 Stephen Greenblatt’s latest, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics, is about the tyrannical characters in... Read More

If you’re on social media, you’ve undoubtedly had your heartstrings pulled by numerous crowdfunding campaigns featuring tragic stories of those unable to pay for... Read More

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

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American politics are especially divisive at the moment, which is why the current Congress is one of the least productive in decades and struggles... Read More