It seems we nontheists go by many names—atheist, secularist, freethinker, humanist, secular humanist, rationalist, agnostic, and so on—as if these differences actually mean something. I’ve heard people imply that there is some sort of ideological... Read More

Following the January 8, 2011, mass shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that killed federal judge John Roll along with five others and injured fourteen people, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, I found myself, like many other... Read More

With Darwin Day approaching, now is a good time to point out that there is more to the religious right’s attacks on science in the United States than just their attempts to suppress the teaching... Read More

Michael Werner, former president of the American Humanist Association, examines the various courses of action humanists can take to explain a lifestance that appeals to both the heart and mind. Have you had problems with... Read More

"What do you organized humanists do, and why should I care?" At the American Humanist Association, we sometimes receive variations of that pair of related yet distinct questions from Christians and humanists, critics and sympathizers... Read More

Voters here in Wisconsin passed a ban on same-sex marriage in the fall of 2006. The following morning, I thoughtlessly tried to console a lesbian coworker by predicting a universal right to marry within a... Read More

When I was at university my friend Bruno claimed to have the ideal pickup line. He’d approach a woman in a bar and say that in a parallel universe at that very moment an identical... Read More