Reactions to the Don’t Say the Pledge Campaign
Last week the American Humanist Association launched its Don’t Say the Pledge campaign, encouraging Americans to sit out the Pledge of Allegiance when it’s said in schools and government meetings in order to draw attention... Read More
Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Welcome to the Police State
The shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9 sparked enormous controversy on multiple levels. As evidenced by yesterday’s arrest of thirty-five people who were trying to block... Read More
Should Humanism Extend to Animal Rights?
There’s a wonderful scene in the beginning of the film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in which a large group of apes ambushes a herd of elk. The result is enough food for... Read More
The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge: Throwing Cold Water on the Power of Prayer
I have a dear friend whose mother was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) about a year ago. It’s a tragic disease, and one that has existed for a long time in relative obscurity compared... Read More
Homegrown Radicalization: How America Has Become a Breeding Ground for Religious Extremists
Recently, a U.S. citizen by the name of Douglas McArthur McCain was killed in Syria while fighting on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), also known as the Islamic State... Read More
I Testified Against “In God We Trust” in Alabama. Then Came the Death Threats.
On June 19, 2014, I coordinated the delivery of public testimony before the Mobile, Alabama, County Commission against a resolution to display a plaque with the motto "In God We Trust" in Mobile Government Plaza.... Read More
How Hedonistic is Humanism?
To commentators on Fox News, this is a no-brainer: humanism is completely hedonistic. Assuming some sort of ultimate moral authority, pundits from Bill O’Reilly to Glenn Beck to Sean Hannity to Ann Coulter to Rush... Read More
