Celebrating Fifty Years of Humanism in Star Trek

It feels like we live in a world where movies and shows keep getting darker. It’s a pop culture where viewers tune in for their weekly dose of misery on The Walking Dead, depravity on... Read More
What’s Honorable? A queer ex-Muslim on what plagues Afghan and Muslim communities in the diaspora

My father was a close friend to the uncle of the Orlando mass-murderer, Omar Mateen. My father has nothing but good things to say about his friend and his friend’s wife and his children. They... Read More
Don’t Pray for America, Demand Policy Change to Protect Her Citizens

Sunday saw yet another act of mass violence in the name of hate—this time directed at LGBTQ Americans and ranked as the worst mass shooting in US history. Yet another tragic occasion that some gun... Read More
A Humanism for Today Because I, Too, Matter

Humanism is shorthand. It’s a start, a summary, and a statement. In a world of ideologies that refuse to recognize my humanity or that assert that it has no value, it is a bold and... Read More
Rise of the Party of Nones

In an article published at Slate last week, Ruth Graham speculates how the Christian Left could be poised to help Democrats take the mantle from the Republicans as the party of God. The mantra that... Read More
How Bill O’Reilly Inspired a Humanist Holiday Sculpture

A few years ago, The O'Reilly Factor reached out to me with a last-minute invitation to come on the show and talk about the alleged “War on Christmas.” I was ready to turn down their... Read More
Secularism the Scottish Way: What the US Can Learn from a Majority Non-Religious Country

How can religion be discussed in a secular way? Do conversations about religion inherently promote a religious agenda, or can the topic of religion be neutral? These are difficult questions to answer, especially in particularly... Read More