How Bill O’Reilly Inspired a Humanist Holiday Sculpture

A few years ago, The O'Reilly Factor reached out to me with a last-minute invitation to come on the show and talk about the... Read More
Humanist Voices in Verse: It Crawled From the Swamp (Inspired by Twas the Night Before Christmas)

This week’s poem is by Andrew Norman. Norman teaches philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University and writes and speaks about the philosophical foundations of humanism.... Read More
The Best Gifts Come in Many Forms

The time for giving is upon us. Maybe you aren’t into the whole production of Christmas. Perhaps you celebrate in other ways. Maybe you’d... Read More
Mark Your Calendars: Secular Holiday Parties Planned across the Country

If you don’t want to attend a traditional holiday party this year, have no fear! Many AHA chapters throughout the country are hosting HumanLight... Read More
Yuletide Comfort for Atheists

I’ve been interested in and slightly amused by recent articles on how to find comfort when one is an atheist, so I thought I’d... Read More
A Humanist Advent

For many Christians around the world, this Sunday was the first day of the Advent season which starts four Sundays leading up to Christmas.... Read More
The Humanist Hour #179: The Myths that Stole Christmas, with Dr. David Kyle Johnson

Click to download an audio file of this podcast. In this episode, Bo Bennett and Kim Ellington interview Dr. David Kyle Johnson about his... Read More
Book Excerpt: The Myths that Stole Christmas

We all secretly know that Christmas isn't wholly good cheer, but David Kyle Johnson is brave enough to say it. The Myths that Stole Christmas debunks... Read More
You Better Watch Out: Big Brother and the Elf on the Shelf

Since writing recently about the troubling nature of the Elf on the Shelf tradition, I’ve learned that a researcher in Canada is exploring its... Read More
Should Humanists Celebrate Christmas? Readers Share their Thoughts

Special thanks to TheHumanist.com readers who answered Senior Editor Maggie Ardiente’s question last week about humanists celebrating Christmas! We received a wide variety of... Read More