A federal judge ruled today that a planned religious war memorial by the city of Lake Elsinore, CA at the city-owned baseball stadium can’t be built because it “violates both the U.S. Constitution’s Establishment Clause... Read More

As the debate over the Affordable Care Act continues, it’s important to point out that only 20 members of the current Congress are physicians. While being a doctor is not a prerequisite for individuals to... Read More

At the core of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause is the principle that the government must not favor or prefer some religions over others, or religion over non-religion. No matter how small the preference may... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon’s ongoing “A Short History of Evolution” series. Read part 1 and part 2. Darwin, Natural Selection, and the Definition of Life Evolution as explained by Darwin is the... Read More

Hatred and fear of homosexuality has become more aggressive and normalized in many African countries, and for the second time this month, an African nation took a step backwards in terms of LGBTQ equality. Yesterday... Read More

This article is part of Carl Coon's ongoing "A Short History of Evolution" series. Click here to read Part 1. Entropy and Evolution Let's begin with cosmology. Cosmologists tell us the universe began almost 14 billion... Read More

This article originally appeared in the March/April 2014 issue of The Humanist. Few could argue that the Internet hasn’t revolutionized gay life. A generation came out on the web, and the freedom to launch a... Read More