Smile, There is No Hell (and Other Humanist Wisdom)
HERB SILVERMAN is the founder of the Secular Coalition for America and of the Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry in Charleston, South Carolina. He... Read More
Remembering the Elaine Massacre
On October 1, 1919, a man named Frank Moore gave the following statement (edited here for style and brevity): On the night of September... Read More
Take a Knee for Freedom of Religion
What is freedom of religion? It’s not actually the freedom to think or not think religious stuff. Rather, it is the right to display—or... Read More
When Religious Freedom Is a Recipe for Discrimination
Jack Phillips owns a bakery in Lakewood, Colorado. Phillips is a conservative evangelical Christian who opposes marriage equality. He insists that his beliefs give... Read More
History Has its Eyes on Us
Who do we want to be? This is a crucial time in US history, indeed, in the history of the world. It’s an ugly... Read More
A Warm Embrace
I’m not what most would consider a typical prisoner serving life without parole. I’m black, but I didn’t grow up in an impoverished inner... Read More
POETRY: The sample is shining
“It’s the first-ever sample of metallic hydrogen on Earth, so when you’re looking at it, you’re looking at something that’s never existed before.” —Isaac... Read More
A Crack in Creation: Gene Editing and the Unthinkable Power to Control Evolution
BOOK BY JENNIFER DOUDNA AND SAMUEL STERNBERG HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT, 2017 304 PP.; $28.00 (HARDCOVER) $14.99 (KINDLE) CRISPR is the basis of a genome... Read More
Cigarettes & Wine
BOOK BY J.E. SUMERAU SENSE PUBLISHERS, 2017 250 PP.; $25.00 Cigarettes & Wine, by J.E. Sumerau, is a novel that illuminates fresh perspectives on... Read More
Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-Year History
BOOK BY KURT ANDERSEN RANDOM HOUSE, 2017 480 PP.; $30.00 In James Joyce’s Ulysses, Stephen Dedalus claims that history is a nightmare from which... Read More
