The Humanist Archives

November / December 2014

• “Always a godfather, never a god.”
• How to Achieve Equality? Talk to Your Members of Congress!
• What I Like about the Expansion of the Humanist Movement
• Into the Fold of Humanism
• Digging in the Ideological Garden
• Excerpts from Awardees Jessica Valenti and Steve Rade
• ISIS and Khorasan
• Waging War vs. Keeping the Peace
• Religion and Politics
• The Pros and Cons of Caring Deeply about Others’ Suffering
• Not so Fast
• Determinism, Free Will, and Moral Responsibility
• The Sea Approaches
• Taking Liberties: Why Religious Freedom Doesn’t Give You the Right to Tell Other People What to Do
• Worth Fighting For: An Army Ranger’s Journey Out of the Military and Across America
• The Labyrinth: God, Darwin, and the Meaning of Life

September / October 2014

• Will we become more like machines or will they become more like us?
• Defendant without a Prayer
• The Machinery of Moral Progress: An Interview with Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
• Moving Past a Warm-Up: Is Action to Mitigate Climate Change Possible Today?
• Can Humanism Survive the Coming Transhumanist Revolution?
• In Need of a Doorstop
• And Justice for Nones
• Birth Control Bungle: The Supreme Court’s Appalling Ruling on Access to Contraceptives
• Trans People and Basic Human Respect
• Jewish Atheists and Koufax Jews
• A Different Fight for Marriage Equality
• SLAVERY INC. The Untold Story of International Sex Trafficking
• PLATO AT THE GOOGLEPLEX: Why Philosophy Won’t Go Away

July / August 2014

• Think you’re not going anywhere when you die?
• A Green Hereafter
• Skeptics Who See Things: The Curious Visions of Mark Twain and Barbara Ehrenreich
• Ethical Education Starts with Curiosity: An Interview with Dale McGowan
• Knowledge is Power
• Creativity: Then and Forever
• Why Justices Kagan and Breyer Didn’t Go Far Enough
• Robo-Morality: Can philosophers program ethical codes into robots?
• The Cyclist
• Prayer by Popular Vote?
• How Humanism Helps With Depression–Except When It Doesn’t
• Our Pragmatist Tradition
• Rain Mosaic & Impressions of a Garden Hose
• Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire
• Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict

May / June 2014

• Humanism isn’t absolute but we can still ask: How can humanists best comport themselves?
• Paths to People
• The Benefit Corporation
• Papal Economics
• The Materialist in Her Bathtub
• Cosmopolitanism & Humanism
• The Real Hobby Lobby Problem
• Who Wants to Be a Rocket Scientist? Race, Gender, and the STEM Divide
• CELEBRANT
• A Charter for Controversy?
• Imposter Syndrome, and What It Means to Be an Adult
• The Danger of Scientism
• The End of Polite Conversation?
• Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It
• Caught in the Pulpit: Leaving Belief Behind
• Writing God’s Obituary: How a Good Methodist Became a Better Atheist

March / April 2014

• Yes, climate change is a humanist issue. It’s also a tough story to sell.
• A Redaction of Heroism
• Kurt Vonnegut Survives Humanity
• A Humanist in Action
• Can Fracking Lead the Way To Clean Energy?
• Say What? The End of Net Neutrality and a Globalization Treaty Threaten Minority Speech
• Combating Thought Pollution
• Rights Or Restrictions?
• Coming Out Godless, and Not Assuming the Worst
• Watching Fox News at the VA Hospital
• The Dominionists are Coming
• The Tomb of Jesus and His Family?
• Christian Nation
• Her

January / February 2014

• Are atheism & spirituality mutually exclusive?
• 2013 Humanist PHOTO CONTEST Winners
• An All-Natural Faith
• The Church of the Greater Solipsism
• The Humanist Interview with Hemley Gonzalez
• The Oprah-Nyad Affair
• Religion, Humanism, and a Boy/Man in the Middle
• Grinch or Greater Good
• Don’t Tear Down This Wall
• Belief in the Almighty Dollar: Why We Need an Atheist PAC
• Autism, Atheism, and the Soul
• Tenured Professors All
• Humanist Performance Anxiety
• Whose Fault Is the Human Condition?
• Religion in America: Crisis of Faith or Crisis in Faith?
• Coffee and Gunpowder
• Writing on the Wall: Social Media—The First 2,000 Years
• Religion Without God