Today is the National Day of Reason (NDOR), which is the inclusive alternative to the National Day of Prayer (NDOP). For those of you who don’t know, the National Day of Prayer is an annual... Read More

America’s religious makeup is changing in the new millennium, according to a recent Pew poll that shows the number of American Christians declining while the population of atheists and the nonreligious has increased to nearly... Read More

For years, the religious right has done its absolute best to reinsert abstinence-only sex education into public schools. They’ve done this despite the evidence from numerous studies on its ineffectiveness in comparison to comprehensive sex... Read More

Following the death of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in February, I wrote an article outlining how the Obama administration had a unique opportunity to diversify the nation’s highest court. Before Scalia’s death, the... Read More

Justice Antonin Scalia, the conservative stalwart of the Supreme Court, died in mid-February in West Texas while on vacation at a friend’s ranch. Scalia himself was a divisive figure able to stir intense emotions within... Read More

Darwin Day, an observance held annually on February 12, Charles Darwin’s birthday, is fast approaching. Scientists and secularists alike are getting ready to celebrate. This observance is a great opportunity not only to honor the... Read More

Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a celebration not only of the life of one man but of the rights that he fought much of his life to extend to all people regardless of... Read More