Almost Here! The Great American Solar Eclipse
People tend to be afraid of the unknown. When faced with mysteries, people throughout history have felt compelled to make up stories to explain them. Whenever unexpected and mysterious things lay completely beyond human control,... Read More
Rural, Religious, and Racist: Molding the Minds of Children in All the Wrong Ways
Earlier this week, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) went to bat for the children of Mississippi by demanding an investigation into the school-sanctioned prayer walks that are happening in DeSoto County, Mississippi. FFRF wants... Read More
Clarifying Humanism through the Haze of Equivocation
In the aftermath of another tragedy fueled by bigoted ideology, a faction of so-called “humanists” on social media show their true selves. The usual day-to-day misogynistic, anti-woman, anti-LGBTQ empty arguments have become commonplace on social... Read More
In Defense of the Bubble: An Atheist’s Guide to Living in a Red State
In previous articles for TheHumanist.com, I wrote about my eleven years working for the Catholic Church in spite of not believing in a god, and some of the difficulties and dilemmas I struggled with. During... Read More
Total Eclipse of the Smart? Remember: It’s Science that Allows Us to Ogle
“I’m not a person of faith, but even so, the sun’s reappearance as the moon drew away seemed like the first line of Genesis retold.” In a special section of the New York Times Magazine... Read More
Racism Past and Present Recognizing the Real Robert E. Lee
In the wake of the tragic events in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past weekend stemming from a white supremacist rally to protest the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in the city, it’s worth taking... Read More
Celebrating Robert G. Ingersoll, “The Great Agnostic”
Robert G. Ingersoll was born on this day, August 11, in 1833. Ingersoll was a Civil War veteran, a lawyer, an orator, and most importantly a humanist. While never describing himself with that exact label,... Read More