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Quebec is about to implement a new “Secularism bill” that the media can’t stand. The bill is simple and straightforward: government employees in positions of authority are prevented from imposing their religious views on the public... Read More

It’s not the kind of headline you see every day: “Chef prepared curry after wiping bottom with his bare hands ‘for cultural reasons.’” If you’re not a traveler, the good news is that this particular chef... Read More

The American Humanist Association (AHA) is honored to recognize author and activist Salman Rushdie as the 2019 Humanist of the Year. Rushdie is the author of thirteen novels, with a fourteenth coming soon. His second, Midnight’s... Read More

Jerry Falwell Jr., the president of the religious right-aligned Liberty University, has followed in his father’s footsteps by leveraging his considerable flock for his own partisan and personal gain. Falwell Jr. was one of the first... Read More

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Determinism is bound to remain one of the more intriguing problems in philosophy as well as science. As the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy says: “There is no agreement over whether determinism is true (or even whether... Read More

“And I say to any man or woman, Let your soul stand cool and composed before a million universes. And I say to mankind, Be not curious about God, For I who am curious about each... Read More

Last week, the New York Times’ policy and statistics blog, The Upshot, wrote an article about the hardest places to live in the United States. The rankings, by county, included a variety of factors including education,... Read More

As defined by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a hate group is one that holds “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.” According to the... Read More

What if there was one activity that could benefit every student in every school across the nation? An activity that could improve grades and scores on standardized testing? An activity that would allow students to form... Read More