Fundamentalism on Trial How Twelve Claims of the Christian Right Fail under Strict Secular Scrutiny
THE EMINENT University of Chicago historian Daniel Boorstin identified American humanism as the defining characteristic of the nation, which is the legacy of Thomas Jefferson and the entirely secular US Constitution. The real menace to... Read More
The Arts for Humanists
OVER THE YEARS my wife and I have been very fortunate to have visited many of the great cities of Europe. One of the things we love best, and that we seek out in our... Read More
The Speed of Thought What the Revolution in Neuroscience Will Mean for Humanism
WE FIND OURSELVES amidst a revolution in neuroscience—the new neuroscience, if you will. In the United States the most visible face of this new science is the BRAIN initiative (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies)... Read More
Make America Kind Again
DID YOU SEE Donald Trump’s victory coming? I sure as hell didn’t. That Hillary Clinton would lose to a guy who says things like “My words are the best” seemed so improbable that last summer... Read More
Who Will We Speak For? Humanism’s Role in Defending Human Rights and Civil Liberties
“First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was... Read More
An Action List for the (Un)Faithful
“People say that if you find water rising up to your ankle, that’s the time to do something about it, not when it’s around your neck.” —Chinua Achebe THE 2016 ELECTION was a shock to... Read More
Opiate of the Masses: What’s Really Driving America’s Prescription Drug Epidemic
IN THE SPRING of 2016 a physician in Buffalo, New York, was issued a 114-count indictment accusing him of “the unlawful distribution of narcotics” and “operating a criminal conspiracy.” The US Attorney General for the... Read More