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The Cage Disguised as a Crown On Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Misandry Hidden Inside the Men's Rights Pitch
In March 2025, Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies — a data analytics company deeply embedded in The Pentagon and intelligence apparatus — made a remarkable statement on CNBC. His AI technology, he argued, would "disrupt... Read More
The Comics Section: Getting Away From It All
The latest from Cagle Cartoons. Want to get away by John Darkow, Columbia Missourian
Why Hitchens’ Razor is Bad Epistemology
Few modern slogans in popular atheism have the enduring appeal of Hitchens’ Razor: What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence. It is elegant and sharp. And it is an effective epistemic... Read More
Living Humanist Values: The Ten Commitments
WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF HUMANISM? How does one live as a humanist? Like many of you, I have read a plethora of articles and longer works defining humanism. Each proclaims a different emphasis highlighting various... Read More
The Anatomy of Failure: What BoJack Horseman Reveals about Ourselves
I watched BoJack Horseman for the first time this year. Even though I had known about the show for years, I could never bring myself to start it. Not because of the animation style or the... Read More
Why Donald Trump’s Most Loyal Supporters Remain Fiercely Devoted to Him
For years, political observers have struggled to understand why Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters remain fiercely devoted to him—even when confronted with facts about policy failures, human rights abuses, or economic decisions that hurt working families.... Read More
The Ethics of Escape: Should Humanists Support Space Colonization?
As Earth barrels toward climate catastrophe and rising authoritarianism, a new frontier is quietly being sold to us: the stars. Billionaire futurists like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos promise salvation through space colonization – a Plan... Read More
Michelangelo’s David: A Humanist Symbol
The much-touted show, “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer,” opens today at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Comprised of 133 drawings by the Renaissance master, the exhibit will run for three months and promises quite an experience... Read More
MEDIA WATCH | In a Hyperconnected Digital World, Why So Many of Us Are Turning Analogue
I belong to a generation that remembers life before constant connectivity. As a millennial, I grew up making plans we couldn’t instantly change, waiting for photos to be developed, reading glossy magazines and spending long stretches... Read More
Book Review: “Separation of Church and Hate”
BOOK BY JOHN FUGELSANG That a book defending Christianity and the Bible against fundamentalists and religious nationalists could be relevant to humanists might seem contradictory. However, the author’s approach—pairing extremists’ stated beliefs with Christ’s actual words—makes... Read More
