Seriously, I am not in denial about Christianity’s continuing tenacious hold on the American mind. But I’m an optimist, and I’ve noticed precious little is forever. My optimism was recently reaffirmed in a very surprising, hopeful way.... Read More

Signifying the growing influence of humanism in our nation’s capital, humanists from around the country came to Washington, DC, this week to meet with twenty congressional offices in order to discuss the Johnson Amendment—specifically what... Read More

Throughout his presidency, Trump has talked about creating policies and laws that would support small businesses, protect American jobs, and strengthen and grow the middle class. Yet, we all know that actions speak louder than... Read More

You've likely already read in this publication, if not elsewhere, about the American Humanist Association’s recent court victory in the Bladensburg cross case. A panel of judges from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently... Read More

Last weekend I took part in FREEFLO, a freethought conference organized by the Florida Humanist Association (a chapter of the American Humanist Association). Hundreds of people who identity as humanists, atheists, and skeptics attended the... Read More

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump got a lot of traction with his promise to build a “big, beautiful” wall along the US-Mexico border (and never forget he promised time and again that he’d make... Read More

What bothers me most about Richard Spencer is obviously the white nationalism, but a close second is the fact that he’s defiling the name Spencer. I take everything he does very personally, from leading rallies... Read More