Clay Farris Naff
Posts by Clay Farris Naff (page 5)
Star Turn
SINCE LONG BEFORE the oldest physical creations in human culture—the raising of the step pyramid at Saqqara or the Great Wall of China, for... Read More
Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
A group of elephants attempts to describe a human being. Tragically, they are blind, but as each snuffles and nudges they call out what... Read More
The Humanevangelist: Good-Bye, Columbus—Hello, Regrettable Replacement
In Seattle, as in a growing roster of US cities and the states of Alaska, Hawaii, Oregon, and South Dakota, Columbus Day is done.... Read More
The Humanevangelist: Human Trafficking Jam
On June 26, 2015, the US Supreme Court righted a longstanding wrong by ruling for same-sex marriage. The Obergefell v. Hodges decision includes a... Read More
To Become More Than Little Oddities in the Lab: An Interview with NASA’s Lynn Rothschild
Dr. Lynn J. Rothschild is an evolutionary biologist, astrobiologist, and senior scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California. Rothschild accepted the 2015 Isaac... Read More
The Humanevangelist: The Pope’s Encyclical on Climate: Laudable Goal, Lamentable Doctrine
As someone who has long called for humanists and mainstream religionists to work together, I naturally welcome Pope Francis’s call for action on climate... Read More
Science, God, and Rock ’n Roll (Part 2)
The American Humanist Association will be screening The Unbelievers at our Annual Conference on Thursday, May 7! Read our March 31, 2014 interview with... Read More