Most of the civilized world has laws banning gratuitous cruelty to animals. I suppose we humans can pat ourselves on the back for this... Read More

View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Cicero: Classical Skepticism on the Brink of Empire For seventeen hundred years, if you... Read More

Imagine that someone who brutally violated you or a loved one was never taken into custody. Now imagine that authorities have the evidence necessary... Read More

Today is International Blasphemy Day, a day when millions of atheists, humanists, agnostics, and nontheists are encouraged to openly criticize religious teachings that they... Read More

Last Tuesday, NBC affiliate KFOR reported that a pre-K teacher at Oakes Elementary School in Okemah, Oklahoma, forced four-year-old student Zayde Sands to write... Read More

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Chris Johnson, author of the book A Better Life and producer of... Read More

Last week the Dalai Lama made headlines by saying, “That female must be attractive, otherwise it is not much use.” Leaving aside whether he... Read More

There’s no question religious leaders possess enormous influence over the faithful. For centuries, religious leaders like the Pope and the Dalai Lama have been... Read More

Imagine that you have a serious medical disorder. If left untreated, the disease could kill you in a slow, agonizing manner. But there are... Read More

I wasn’t an English major, but it seems to me the phrase “In God We Trust” affirms only one thing: a collective trust in... Read More