Click Me! Black Coffee, Psychopaths, and Twin Peaks
On October 12, Jezebel ran a story with the headline: “Study Says People Who Take Coffee Black Have Psychopathic Tendencies.” Reporting on the same story, Popular Science titled its piece: “Love Beer and Coffee? You... Read More
Tennessee Religious Indoctrination Bill Inspires Praise and Confusion
For decades, humanists, agnostics, and nontheists have fought to ensure that our public education system is secular and does not promote religious ideology to students. Our movement fought for secular education because schools are places... Read More
Open and Expanding One year in, the Openly Secular campaign continues to promote acceptance of nonreligious Americans
In 1995, devout Catholic Todd Stiefel rejected his faith and became an agnostic. At the time Stiefel was enrolled in an Old Testament history course at the Duke University Divinity School. “It was the first... Read More
What Humanists Need to Know about the Global Rally for Humanity
Humanists who haven’t yet heard about the Global Rally for Humanity scheduled for today, October 9, and tomorrow in some twenty cities across the US may be excused for thinking they’re missing out on something... Read More
Lefties Left behind in Oklahoma
Last Tuesday, NBC affiliate KFOR reported that a pre-K teacher at Oakes Elementary School in Okemah, Oklahoma, forced four-year-old student Zayde Sands to write with his right hand instead of his left hand. According to... Read More
No Slack for the Dalai Lama—Religious Leaders and their Fogyish Rhetoric
There’s no question religious leaders possess enormous influence over the faithful. For centuries, religious leaders like the Pope and the Dalai Lama have been seen as a beacon of hope and guidance for believers. They... Read More
Poll: Charles Darwin’s Atheist Letter—Who Got It?
A sought-after letter written by Charles Darwin in 1880 has resurfaced after being in the possession of a private owner for decades. In the letter, Darwin responds to a young man who asks him if... Read More
