Who Owns Human Rights?
How serious is our disagreement with China over Liu Xiaobo, currently languishing in a Chinese prison? A pro-democracy activist, the Chinese locked him up, the Nobel people decided to give him an award, and the... Read More
The Assassination of Salman Taseer and the Pakistani Blasphemy Law Debate
By Kabir Altaf On January 4, 2011 Salman Taseer, the governor of Pakistan's Punjab province, was assassinated for advocating amendments to the country's blasphemy law that would prevent it from being abused for personal reasons.... Read More
By Erin Williamson Storytelling, since the dawn of civilization, has followed distinct patterns that anthropologists today can identify. Like any dutiful liberal arts major in college, I learned about "the hero," "the wise man," "the... Read More
Why Do Churches Treat People Like Kids?
By Hemant Mehta After hearing a megachurch pastor treat his congregation like "a group of nine-year olds," popular Christian writer Don Miller discovered that church is not the place to go if you want to... Read More
The Comics Section
This week’s featured comic is Jeff Swanson’s “The Littlest Atheist” (reprinted with permission). Will little Bertrand get out of attending a religious youth group sleepover?
Book Review: John Compere
Reprinted with permission from The Daily Astorian of Astoria, Oregon. If God exists, He or She is going to be rather peeved at John Compere. The former Astoria resident's new book describes his belief that... Read More
Meet the Extremists of the 112th Congress
On January 3rd, the U.S. House of Representatives came under Republican control for the first time since 2006. With the new tide of Republican freshmen come many extremists with views certain to give any humanist... Read More