LAST SUMMER in this space I asked, “Isn’t getting people to care about what happens after they die—in a realistic, naturalistic sense—primarily a humanist... Read More

The word spiritual can make some people bristle. I’m one of those people. I don’t consider myself spiritual, and I often feel like those... Read More

It’s been a tough time to write about the political and economic climate in Washington, DC. Just fifteen days after a mentally ill civilian... Read More

My husband once told me he’d go to church if it was fun. More specifically, he said he’d go if it included break dancing.... Read More

An embrace of end-times theology often coincides with less willingness to address global climate change, as reported in the June issue of Political Research... Read More

In the words of Salman Rushdie, “What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” This is from a... Read More

Appreciating this issue’s cover illustration, I found myself wondering if supernaturalists would wonder why God wasn’t pictured up top. If God is the ultimate... Read More

“One of the perennial questions for the human species,” writes long-time humanist leader Michael Werner, “is: How shall we live?” Recognizing that humanism is... Read More

“WE ARE NOT AT WAR with men,” writes the new co-chair of the American Humanist Association’s Feminist Caucus, Zelda Gatuskin. “We are at war... Read More

"EVERYONE HAS A BOOK inside them,” the late, great Christopher Hitchens averred, “which is exactly where I think it should, in most cases, remain."... Read More