I USED TO SCOFF when I heard sports commentators glorify a team’s supporters by saying things like, “Football is a religion for [team name here] fans.” How, I thought, is that an advertisement for them?... Read More

  “There was an old and solitary man who spent most of his time in bed. There were rumors that he had a treasure hidden in his house. One day some thieves broke in, they... Read More

Today (June 1) marks the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time. AHA Arts Editor Daniel Thomas Moran takes an... Read More

“We are born once. We cannot be born a second time, and throughout eternity we shall of necessity no longer exist. You have no power over the morrow, and yet you put off your pleasure.... Read More

I COULD IDENTIFY AS demi-romantic, demi-sexual, cisgender, non-monogamous and pan-erotic. Or I could just identify as myself. However, it seems that finding new words for expressing people’s sexual, romantic, and gender-oriented identities has become something... Read More

We all know someone who can make us feel appreciated. As a humanist, I aspire to be that kind of person—in part for my own sake. People are more cooperative when they feel appreciated, and... Read More

Some people avoid labels, but not me. I’m a Jew, a humanist, a secular humanist, an atheist, an agnostic, a skeptic, a freethinker, a rationalist, an infidel, and much more. Which label(s) I lead with... Read More