Short of cash? Here’s a quick way to earn $25,000 bucks, with no heavy lifting required. In fact, no effort at all is required—just the opposite. What you need to do is refuse to work... Read More

Remember Ross Perot? He’s the billionaire who ran for president back in 1992. But he didn’t have the Russians on his side, and he didn’t win. Anyway, he’s remembered for his prediction of a “giant... Read More

Humanists who expect to find Inauguration Day depressing may take some solace from events outside America’s borders. Two nations striding toward greater separation of church and state are profiled below. Norway Lutheranism has been the... Read More

I’ve been a fan of John Kerry for a long time now, ever since I happened to be in the Senate hearing room in 1971 when he delivered his impassioned plea on behalf of the... Read More

“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” That’s easier said than done, especially when the lemon is a Donald Trump presidency. Marching in the street, spending millions of dollars on recounts, angrily confronting Trump supporters,... Read More

“Off the charts unbelievable”—so ran the headline about the acquittal of seven protesters who had occupied the Malheur Wildlife Refuge in Oregon earlier this year. It wasn’t all that unbelievable, though, once you realize that... Read More

Last fall I wrote a piece about “Religion and the Torture of Animals,” describing, among other things, the unsuccessful efforts of animal welfare advocates to end the medieval Jewish ritual of Kaporot. This involves having... Read More