The first 98 percent of Gerald Posner’s God’s Bankers, released last month, makes compelling reading. Then he drops the ball. At bottom, religion is a business. People are willing to pay for psychological comfort, and... Read More

Humanists don’t agree on everything, but one area where we’re pretty close to unanimity is revulsion at the thought of America being officially (or even unofficially) declared a “Christian Nation.” Even those among us who... Read More

You can get jaded reading too much news, especially too much religion news. Muslims murdering innocents in creative new ways … Jews kicking more non-Jews out of their Palestinian homes … Evangelicals squashing the teaching... Read More

Vaccination has been in the news lately, as America experiences a new spread of a measles virus that we were told had been stamped out fifteen years ago. Politicians led by New Jersey Governor Chris... Read More

Before you begin reading, check the calendar, and confirm that we’re nowhere near April Fools’ Day. Everything you are about to read is true. Like all companies with hourly employees, Consolidation Coal Company needs to... Read More

The Supreme Court heard arguments earlier this month on a small First Amendment case that should be more about free speech than about religion. There is a strong possibility, though, that the court may seize... Read More

Last Friday, designated by the president as “National Religious Freedom Day,” the God industry paraded the latest poster child for its hysterical claim of persecution by marauding secular humanists: Kelvin Cochran, the recently fired fire... Read More