Happy Halloween! In the latest edition of our staff picks series, we choose our favorite scary (and some not-so-scary) films in time for All... Read More

Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Ethical Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Ethical Dilemma). All... Read More

This week’s poem is by Daniel Thomas Moran, TheHumanist.com poetry editor, retired dentist and Boston University Assistant Professor, former Poet Laureate of Suffolk County,... Read More

Halloween-themed comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!              

Last spring I described how even the dissent in the Town of Greece v. Galloway Supreme Court case approving sectarian prayer at official government... Read More

“You’re not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have." —Oscar Pistorius In many ways, Oscar Pistorius’s life... Read More

Yes, it’s that time of the year when your mailboxes get filled with campaign materials and your phones and voicemails with voting reminders.  Rest... Read More

“This is the body of Christ,” the pastor stated matter-of-factly in a confirmation class, a rite of passage that Lutheran teenagers undergo where they... Read More

Click here to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Todd Stiefel interview Dr. Susan Blackmore about near... Read More

These days I still get quite a few inquiries about officiating at weddings, but back in 2012 I was the only humanist celebrant in... Read More