Don't give a woman the freedom to choose, because if you do she might just make the wrong choice. Or so goes the reasoning of the majority opinion in the April 18 Supreme Court ruling... Read More

The Declaration of Independence asserts our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but conflicts between these rights are commonplace. The extreme pro-life, anti-abortion position states that if there's a conflict between an... Read More

In his bellicose Cincinnati, Ohio, speech of October 7, 2002, President George W. Bush warned that Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten America with "horrible poisons and diseases and gases and atomic weapons."... Read More

We have officially entered the presidential campaign season as details of candidates' personal histories and present lives come to the fore. In mid-March historians unearthed the Irish roots of presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL), identifying... Read More

Edward O. Wilson and Daniel Dennett advocate new ways to think about religion that can have a profound impact on how we as humanists define our ideology and how we strengthen our public influence. In... Read More

Photos by Kelly Gleason Another issue of indubitable importance arises: the fact that certain members of the oppressor class join the oppressed in their struggle for liberation, thus moving from one pole of the contradiction... Read More

Photos by James A. Mitchell and VeAhavta Corp. In his September/October 2006 Humanist article, "Soldier Girl? Not every Tamil Teen Wants to be a Tiger," James A. Mitchell examined the life of a young girl... Read More