Thomas Buonomo
Thomas Buonomo is the Humanist Studies Coordinator with the American Humanist Association and formerly a geopolitical risk analyst with an international energy consulting company, with primary expertise on Middle East affairs. His views do not represent an official position of the American Humanist Association.
Posts by Thomas Buonomo
The Power of Burning Man
In the summer of 2015 I had the profoundly life-changing experience of participating in Burning Man, a weeklong, transformative cultural event set in the... Read More
Toward a New Theology of Foreign Policy
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress... Read More
Trump’s Travel Ban: Responsibly Vigilant or Fear-Driven?
On June 26, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) decided that the Trump administration’s decision to place entry restrictions on the... Read More
On Theocrats’ Peculiar Definition of the “Sanctity of Life”
On January 19, 2018, the day of the presumptuously titled "March for Life" in Washington, DC, theocratic leader Tony Perkins, president of the highly... Read More
The Wisdom of Reza Aslan’s God: A Human History
In his new book, God: A Human History, Reza Aslan reviews the history of and scholarly literature on humans’ conceptions of the divine. Simultaneously... Read More
Jerusalem: Monument to Human Narcissism
President Trump’s provocative decision to authorize the transfer of the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, which he communicated in an... 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... Read More