Nonbelief in Nigeria: Can Critical Thinking Thrive in a Deeply Religious Society?
I was born in Nigeria and brought up by staunchly Christian parents who, with strict discipline, imposed upon me their Christian values and ideals. When I was a child, my parents, particularly my father, read... Read More
Tough to Trump: RNC Convention Astounds and Angers Many
To many Americans, politics and conventions are boring. After all, who wants to sit through hours of the same platitude-heavy aspirational speeches we’ve heard for decades?
GOP Rhetoric and Party Platform Defies Humanist Values
This week the Republican National Convention is taking place at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, where yesterday Republican Party delegates nominated Donald Trump to be their candidate for president of the United States... Read More
How to Solve the Trust Problem? Introduce Your Humanism!
My Short History of Evolution, published by the American Humanist Association’s Humanist Press last year, included discussion of a singularly important milestone in the long march of our species toward civilization as we know it.... Read More
Where “First, Do No Harm” Is Secondary: The Threat of Catholic Hospitals to Women’s Health
Many Americans, at least those fortunate enough to have access to insurance, tend to view healthcare as a private matter between themselves and their doctors. Unfortunately, for an increasing number of women, healthcare is becoming... Read More
Are We Playing God?
I often hear that humanity’s greatest characteristic is our ability to manipulate the environment in complicated ways. We can control fire, explore outer space, and converse with strangers across the globe. However, this ability is... Read More
Stand Up, Fight Back: Dismantling Systems of Oppression
As we closed out the Fourth of July holiday that I and many other activists deem a reminder of oppression, Alton Sterling took his final breath, his life wrongfully taken by crooked cops. We took... Read More
