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Such a Voice Is Needed: The Humanist Interview with Salman Rushdie
SALMAN RUSHDIE is the author of fourteen novels, has written collections of fiction and non-fiction, and in 2012 published his memoir, Joseph Anton. His second novel, Midnight’s Children, won the Booker Prize in 1981 and was... Read More
Things Are Looking Up: Uniting to Explore Our Universe
Dr. Pamela Gay is an astronomer, writer, and podcaster focused on using new media to engage people in science and technology. Her best-known project is Astronomy Cast, a podcast in its thirteenth year that she co-hosts... Read More
King of This World: Irreligious Trump Remains Popular with Evangelicals
In case you forgot, on August 21 Donald Trump thanked conspiracy theorist Wayne Allyn Root for saying that Israeli Jews love the president, “like he’s the King of Israel … like he is the second coming... Read More
HUMANIST DILEMMA | What Do You Do When Someone Asks to Launch Lunch with Prayer?
Mind If I Pray? I know someone who, when she attends luncheons (both business and social), always announces she is a Christian and then asks people around her, “Would you be offended if I pray before... Read More
Machines Like Me
BY IAN MCEWAN NAN A. TALESE/DOUBLEDAY, 2019 333 PP., $26.95 Early on in this novel, the momentous question it raises—what is a human being?—becomes maddeningly opaque, and the anguished vibes that pervade Machines Like Me indicate... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: When a Mixed-Faith Wedding Pleases Some but Not Others
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All inquiries are kept confidential. How Can I Get My Fiancé’s Relatives to... Read More
US Abortion Rates Continue to Decline
Abortion rates in the United States have reached a historic low since the Supreme Court legalized the procedure in the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. The Guttmacher Institute, a non-profit dedicated to advancing sexual and... Read More
Superstitions We Just Can’t Shake
When you believe in things That you don't understand, Then you suffer, Superstition ain’t the way —Stevie Wonder, “Superstition” Hey, it’s Friday the 13th, which, according to Western superstition, is unlucky. Whenever the thirteenth day of... Read More
The Humanist Dilemma: Letting Myself Go…Gray
Experiencing an ethical dilemma? Need advice from a humanist perspective? Send your questions to The Humanist Dilemma at dilemma@thehumanist.com (subject line: Humanist Dilemma). All inquiries are kept confidential. Who's the Boss? About thirty years ago I caved... Read More
Secular Students Are Leading the Way
IN MY CAPACITY as the national organizing manager for the Secular Student Alliance, I’ve had the opportunity to meet thousands of students across the country who eschew religious belief or a religious identity but who are... Read More