The Virtue of Doing Less: Bertrand Russell’s Idleness
“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
A New Humanist Take on the Emerging Vocabulary of Romance, Gender, and Sexuality
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
The Art of Tactful Candor
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
Jewish Atheists and Koufax Jews
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
