Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All inquiries are kept confidential. Losing Letters: I was reading an article... Read More

The Tennessee legislature is at it again. Tennessee, of course, is the state that gave us the Scopes “Monkey Trial” in 1925. The legislature criminalized the teaching of evolution by natural selection, and the state... Read More

"Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel."  —Jesus, as quoted in Matthew 23:24 I'm generally a fan of liberal religionists—Christian, Jewish, Muslim, or whatever. They accept science, form welcoming communities... Read More

In July of 1925, The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes was argued in the small town of Dayton, Tennessee. Better known as the Scopes Monkey trial, the state sued substitute teacher John T.... Read More

Mel Lipman was born in Brooklyn, New York, on October 28, 1936, and was a forty-five year resident of Las Vegas, Nevada. Raised in New York City by immigrant parents, Mel first began supporting his... Read More

On March 4 Pope Francis spoke to a group of young Latin-American Catholics who had just completed a nine-day training seminar at the Vatican. Organized by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, the intensive seminar... Read More

Janet Opal Jeppson Asimov died on Monday, February 25, 2019. She was ninety-two years old. Janet is remembered for her significant contributions to psychiatry, psychoanalysis, science fiction, and her dedication to humanism. AHA Executive Director... Read More