Man vs. Watson: The IBM Jeopardy Challenge
In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph. Ever the showman, Edison liked to demonstrate his device by allowing people to speak into the machine, after which he’d play the recording back for them. However, back in... Read More
Corporate Power and Today’s Humanist
If there’s one concern that pervades virtually every major political and economic issue facing the United States today, it’s the question of corporate power and influence. The subject erupted in January 2010 with the Supreme... Read More
Why I Am an Amoral, Family-Hating Monster… and Newt Gingrich Isn’t
I recently celebrated my wedding anniversary, having been married to the same woman for thirty-one years without ever straying. Newt Gingrich has been married three times, divorced one wife while she was recovering from surgery,... Read More
A Crowded But Empty Tomb
Surely you heard the news earlier this year of the discovery (actually twenty-seven years ago) of what some claim is the tomb of Jesus and his family. According to the Discovery Channel documentary The Lost... Read More
Why We Need Humanist Chaplaincies: The Rutgers Experience
“Successful society requires religion,” read the headline of an editorial in the March 23, 2011, edition of the Daily Targum, Rutgers student newspaper. It went on to suggest that, without religion, one loses one’s moral code and... Read More
Atheists of Color: A List
Popular atheist blogger Greta Christina compiles a list of prominent atheists and humanists of color—all working to elevate the freethought movement.This article first appeared on Greta Christina’s Blog; used with permission. So here it is,... Read More
Why Vegan Priorities are Humanist Priorities
In this short article, you—the enlightened and rational humanist—will suddenly realize the error of your carnivorous ways. You carnivores, or “carnies,” are torturing animals for fun. Harsh? True? Both yes. Just as we strive to... Read More