The Art of Tactful Candor
We all know someone who can make us feel appreciated. As a humanist, I aspire to be that kind of person—in part for my... Read More
Beyond Gods and Monsters—Sculpting a New Norm of Loyalty
WAR, IT HAS BEEN SAID, is politics by other means; religion is politics by most means. When people go to war in the name... Read More
A Humanist Economics Louis Kelso and the Hope of Broadened Ownership
THOMAS PIKETTY grabbed the world’s attention last year with his magnum opus, Capital in the Twenty-first Century. In hundreds of pages of dense prose... Read More
The Humanist Interview with Ryan J. Bell From Seventh-day Adventist to a Year without God, a Former Pastor Embraces Humanism
Ryan J. Bell was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist tradition and spent nearly twenty years as a pastor—the last eight as senior pastor at... Read More
Is Islam Violent? The Answer Isn’t as Simple as Many Think
ALLOW ME to describe a familiar course of events. Somewhere in the world, extremists carry out a terrorist attack in the name of Islam.... Read More
Religious Nationalism A Weapon of Mass Destruction
It is hard to believe that the conflicts currently ravaging the Middle East could get much worse, yet the refusal of numerous parties to... Read More
Egyptian Atheist Gets Prison for Facebook Posts
An Egyptian court in Baheira governorate on Jan. 10 sentenced a student to three years in prison for announcing on Facebook that he is... Read More
We cannot just “be Charlie.”
JE SUIS CHARLIE. But who are we? Who are they? There’s a scene in the 1979 film Apocalypse Now when the character Lt. Col.... Read More
This Valentine’s Day, Celebrate National Condom Day
Lovebirds already know that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day (and if you haven’t yet made dinner reservations, good luck) but before we shower our loved... Read More
Friday the Thirteenth: A “Lucky” Day for Humanists
Only one thing can be predicted for this Friday the Thirteenth—it will be an anxiety-filled day for the superstitious and gullible. Friggatriskaidekaphobes (those who... Read More