Roy Speckhardt
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Commentary from Roy Speckhardt, AHA Executive Director
After two decades serving the American Humanist Association—fifteen of those years as Executive Director—I’ve decided the time is ripe for me to begin a... Read More
Beating the Odds
Two years ago, I received the worst news of my life: my daughter, Johanna, was diagnosed with stage four cancer. Seventeen and just starting... Read More
Commentary from Roy Speckhardt, AHA Executive Director
This is the first issue of the newly transformed Humanist magazine. As the cover reveals, the magazine changes this year from a bimonthly, issued... Read More
Humanist in the House
The following is adapted (with permission) from my presentation of the Humanist of the Year Award to Rep. Huffman at the American Humanist Association’s... Read More
It’s True, Dogma Lives Loudly within Judge Barrett
Donald Trump is pushing the separation of church and state to the brink with his nomination of crusading Christian nationalist Judge Amy Coney Barrett... Read More
Climate Change Brought Us the Coronavirus, Climate Action Can Save Us
In the midst of this international public health crisis we should treat the novel coronavirus as a loud wake-up call for us to rethink... Read More
Marching toward Gilead
Margaret Atwood wrote in The Handmaid’s Tale that “nothing changes instantaneously: in a gradually heating bathtub, you'd be boiled to death before you knew... Read More