Still Enlightening after All These Years The continuing value of the Humanist Institute
A typical sales pitch for the Humanist Institute’s graduate study program might go something like this: Do you want to learn the philosophical and... Read More
The Humanist Interview with Leo Behe The son of intelligent design heavyweight Michael Behe discusses his journey to atheism
Leo Behe is not your typical young humanist. He’s the son of famed intelligent design proponent, author, and biochemist Michael Behe. Since 1996 the... Read More
Book Excerpt: Because I Say So The Dangerous Appeal of Moral Authority
Like a number of progressives, skeptics, and humanists, author Nikki Stern resisted the wholesale rush to judgment after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.... Read More
Mastering the Camera
“He was usually not pictorially dramatic and many of his photographs appeared flat—not shocking enough for his contemporaries. The people in the photographs communicate... Read More
Remembering Lewis Hine
"Kindly, trustful, wistful, amazingly innocent, his front is a mask for his power. He looks like an unworldly schoolteacher, needing protection from the rigors... Read More
A Free Speech Challenge for Parents
Should a thirteen-year-old be able to purchase a school-shooting simulator without parents’ knowledge or consent? The Supreme Court says that freedom of speech requires... Read More
Stop Saying “Same-Sex” Marriage
On July 24 New York became the sixth state to offer officially recognized marriage licenses to same-sex couples; but it didn’t recognize same-sex marriage.... Read More
EDITOR’S NOTE
DID YOU HEAR THE ONE about the rich getting to keep their tax loopholes and havens while the numbers of poor people in the... Read More
MESSAGE FROM THE EDITOR: Welcome Back!
After a two week hiatus, Humanist Network News is back! We've enjoyed our brief vacation and look forward to bringing you more jam-packed issues... Read More
Report on the 2011 World Humanist Congress in Oslo, Norway
By Susan Sackett Three weeks after a deranged mass murderer killed 70 people in Norway, the citizens of this peace-loving nation are still quietly... Read More
