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All’s Fair in Love and War, Says Evolution
When I highlighted some great scientific accomplishments in genetics and macroevolution last year in celebration of Darwin Day, I quoted University of California biologist Francisco Ayala who told Smithsonian Magazine, “Darwin didn’t know 99 percent of... Read More
What Humanists Can Learn After Iowa and New Hampshire
This is an article published under the Center for Freethought Equality, the 501c4 lobbying organization of the American Humanist Association. I know that Iowa is technically the first state to decide which presidential candidates will represent... Read More
The Cartoon History of Humanism, Episode 34
View all episodes in the Cartoon History of Humanism series. Bringing Religion to Ground: Karl Marx It is 1851 and Karl Marx, the man who wrote The German Ideology and The Communist Manifesto, is proudly, one... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: It’s Time to Phase Out Catholic Hospitals
Common decency took another sucker punch from the God industry last month in a case decided in California. Late in her pregnancy, Rebecca Chamorro and her doctor agreed that immediately after delivering her third child by... Read More
Darwin Day Revelation: Evolution, Not Religion, is the Source of Morality
As the world celebrates another Darwin Day, much of humanity still refuses to accept evolution. Creationists pretend that their argument is with science. Their posts are littered with gems of motivated reasoning such as this: "If... Read More
A Humanist Alternative to Satanic Prayer
It’s easy to feel sorry for the Satanic Temple. Just about everyone thinks they’re devil worshippers, even though that’s a major misconception: they don’t even believe the devil’s real. They merely see Satan as a symbol... Read More
Rules Are for Schmucks: Religious Privilege for Pharmacies
I drink a fair amount of wine, much of which I purchase at my local convenience store. Suppose I show up there one day and find the wine section replaced by something less pleasant, like detergent.... Read More
“Unite With Anybody to Do Right”: The Frederick Douglass Humanist Society of Baltimore
This Monday’s Google Doodle recognized one of the great civil rights advocates and freethought intellectuals of American history: Frederick Douglass. The American Humanist Association posted a meme that same day on their Facebook page highlighting one... Read More
Will Anyone Dare Place Their Hand on the Constitution Instead of the Bible?
With the first electoral event of the 2016 presidential race behind us (with Ted Cruz winning for the Republicans and Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton emerging in a “virtual tie”), voters may finally be starting to... Read More
Why I’m a Black Man Against Black History Month
This piece is partially inspired by A Black History Month Challenge, something I hope everyone reading this will participate in. The Black community isn’t a monolith, but we generally appreciate the purpose of Black History Month.... Read More