The Milwaukee Art Museum recently acquired a new—and controversial—piece of artwork: “Eggs Benedict,” a portrait of Pope emeritus Benedict XVI (Joseph Ratzinger) made entirely out of 17,000 colorful condoms. To the surprise of no one,... Read More

Last week, ten presidential hopefuls from the Republican Party gathered together for an event that was more like reality TV than a serious political debate. The art of a true debate, in which ideas are... Read More

Every four years, the world pauses to watch one of the most entertaining events broadcast on television. The contrived drama, the heated rivalries, and the very real concerns regarding the influence of money all add... Read More

In 2010, archeologists from Preservation Virginia discovered four post holes on the Jamestown Settlement (the first successful colonial settlement in the US) which were the remains of what they believe to be the earliest church... Read More

Last Monday, on the anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, Russian tech capitalist Yuri Milner—who was joined by SETI Institute founder Frank Drake, physicist Stephen Hawking, and astronomer Martin Rees—announced that he would be... Read More

July tends to be a slow month in the legal field, but not this year for the American Humanist Association’s Appignani Humanist Legal Center (AHLC). There’s been no summer lull at the AHLC, where the... Read More

Bo Bennett is an author and host of the American Humanist Association’s podcast The Humanist Hour. His latest project is called “Secular Backstage,” an auction website where people can bid on opportunities to spend one-on-one... Read More