THE ISSUE AT HAND

In his acceptance speech at the 69th annual conference of the American Humanist Association (which will be featured in these pages in the fall),... Read More
ISSUE AT HAND

BLASPHEMY! The word is almost onomatopoeic in the sense that all anyone has to do in order to claim a sacred offense is cry... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND

I FELL IN LOVE with Holden Caulfield the first time I read The Catcher in the Rye in the mid ‘80s. A year or... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND

Gore Vidal is not a man of faith. And the American Humanist Association’s new honorary president ain’t no poster child either. So it goes... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND

William Shakespeare never wrote, “Oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive” and yet so many people are perfectly... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND

Readers of the Humanist may have noticed that we have yet to put Barack Obama on the cover. (Could we be the only magazine... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND

The new year brings special cause for celebration, as 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the... Read More
THE ISSUE AT HAND

Talk about a maverick (no, not those mavericks). On September 29, 2008, Congressman Pete Stark (D-CA) spoke on the House floor in opposition to... Read More