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

My partner and I were on vacation in Germany when news broke that Minnesota Vikings football player Adrian Peterson had been charged with child abuse for severely whipping his four-year-old son. We had by that... Read More

Last week, celebrity news site TMZ released the horrifying and graphic video of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice punching his then fiancé (now wife) Janay Palmer in the face and knocking her to the... Read More