A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part 1
Part I: As They Are, As They Should Be The moment the seatbelt sign turned off, I began pressing the call button for the flight attendant. A statuesque blonde bounded […]
On Babies and Bathwater; Or, Reflections on Broadening My Perspective
The saying goes: don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater. Rather than a plea to protect infants, the idiom is understood to mean: “don’t reject the essential along with […]
Grappling with Comfort & Death as a Humanist
Recently, I heard a story about a man who is in prison and has been denied a request to have doctors help him end his life. (This is in Belgium […]
Coming Out Queer & Godless w Aadil Salam, Pt 1: The Best Thing & the Worst Thing
Storytelling is a social catalyst and powerful force for change. The Embracing Identities Project is a series of narrative interviews about coming out as LGBTQ and atheist in a variety of communities. […]
Why the Buddha is a Better Modern Role Model Than Jesus
Jesus says a lot of great things – don’t get me wrong. But too often he, at best, fails to comment on some of the most important issues of the […]
The Excesses of Anti-Eurocentrism
It may seem trivial to point out that criticism of the Western tradition has become an accepted part of our discourse. Up until a few decades ago, however, Eurocentrism—the idea […]
3 Men, 3 Trains, 3 Deaths: The QPR Method for Suicide Response
Its Monday, and I have just found a seat on Caltrain for the morning commute. It is common for trains to be delayed. But my heart sinks every time passengers are informed to expect a delay of […]
The Only Thing We Have to Fear
By Alex Abbott American University The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. – Franklin Delano Roosevelt Three Muslim students murdered in Chapel Hill. Activist Raif Badawi imprisoned […]
Coming Out Queer & Godless w Melanie Brewster: Don’t Tell Your Grandmother
Storytelling is a social catalyst and powerful force for change. The Embracing Identities Project is a series of narrative interviews about coming out as LGBTQ and atheist in a variety of communities. […]
A “Soft Place to Land” for African-American Humanists: Interview w Dr. Anthony Pinn
As the Humanist community strives to become more inclusive, many African-Americans find themselves asking: where do we fit into this all? Although religious and political life is nuanced within any group, […]
Applied Sentience 