The Darker Side of George H. W. Bush’s Kinder, Gentler Faith-Based Politics

During my graduation from Yale Divinity School in 1992, I decried those protesting President George H. W. Bush as he delivered Yale’s main commencement address. How dare they destroy my pomp and circumstance with such... Read More
Humanist Wave at Parliament of the World’s Religions

While the US faced the 2018 midterm elections, I began my November in Toronto at the Parliament of the World’s Religions—billed as the “oldest, largest, most diverse, and inclusive global interfaith” gathering on the planet.... Read More
Humanism & Anthropology: Allies in the Fight against Racism

Just seventeen days ago a man named Robert Bowers perpetrated the deadliest attack ever on Jews in the United States (and, yes, only six since the last mass shooting in our nation). “All the Jews... Read More
A Humanist Recap of the Midterm Election

In very good midterm election news, all ten members of the Congressional Freethought Caucus won their re-elections by considerable margins on Tuesday. That means Representatives Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), caucus co-chairs; Dan... Read More
Celebrate Armistice Day, Not Veterans Day

Do not celebrate Veterans Day on Sunday. Celebrate Armistice Day instead. Do not celebrate Veterans Day on November 11—because of what it has become, and even more so because of what it replaced and erased... Read More
It Happens Here: Sexism, Harassment, Assault, and Apologists

This is the second appearance of a new semi-regular column, “It Happens Here,” challenging humanists to reflect on adversity and trauma in our own community, and advocate for positive change. Walking into a humanist space shouldn’t... Read More
Humanists Going All the Way: AHA to Defend Church-State Separation at the Supreme Court

On Friday, the US Supreme Court announced that it would hear arguments from the American Humanist Association regarding the unconstitutionality of a forty-foot-tall Christian cross maintained on public land in Bladensburg, Maryland. This towering cross,... Read More