15,000 Scientists, One Reality
Believing in magic can be fun. One can believe in the power of positive thinking, in faith-healing, in getting rich by imagining piles of gold. One can believe that the motions of the planets dictate... Read More
The Changing Tide of Harassment in the Workplace: Will the Courts Follow Suit?
It only takes one brave person to go public, and others will follow. Women are breaking the culture of silence. Last week there was outcry after Matt Lauer of NBC News was terminated amid allegations... Read More
Being Secular in the South: The Job Interview
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination by employers based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This includes terminating an employee and refusing to hire a qualified candidate; it... Read More
Fake News Must Remain Legal
Last week my esteemed colleague Luis Granados penned an article for TheHumanist.com that sought to build the basis for tougher legal consequences for creating and spreading fake news, a topic in vogue since the debacle... Read More
Philanthropy and the GOP Tax Bill
Conservatives have long expressed their desire to make the government smaller and let the private and nonprofit sectors take on more responsibility for caring for people in need. Ronald Reagan’s administration, for example, encouraged nonprofits... Read More
Front Page Choices and the American Ostrich Syndrome
Top and center this morning on the New York Times website is a video of how Prince Harry proposed to American actress Meghan Markle (in the print version the photo and article took up two-thirds... Read More
Recognizing the Connection between National Insecurity and Domestic Repression
“Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other…. No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of... Read More
