Today is Columbus Day, a federally-observed holiday and the day on which Americans celebrate Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the new world. Many are reluctant to celebrate Columbus’ so-called achievement, since a new land can’t truly... Read More

“It’s about choice and I want to have it, exclaimed Carolyn Almen, who was attending the World Federation of Right to Die Societies conference in Chicago in September. Almen joined the right-to-die movement years ago... Read More

In a groundbreaking article, one of our more respected experts on Middle East affairs has proposed that our policy should pivot to outright cooperation with Assad’s regime in Syria, the better to campaign more effectively... Read More

I did not want for quality educational programming when I was a child. I was surrounded with the likes of Bill Nye “The Science Guy” and Ms. Frizzle, and even Sesame Street—which I’d watch once... Read More

It felt more like a cattle market than a driver’s license office. I stood in line and waited for different windows to open before I was finally told—three hours later—that the DMV wanted me to... Read More

Last week on The Colbert Report, Rep. Jared Huffman, who has identified in the past as a Roman Catholic, alluded to Stephen Colbert that he may be an atheist or agnostic. Humanists have reason to... Read More

Surely most Americans by now know who Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens are, the standard-bearers of atheism. But what about humanists and atheists from non-English speaking countries? We stand to enrich ourselves and... Read More