Recently added articles from The Humanist:
Bjork (1965-present).(Humanist Profile)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The United Nations asked people from all over the world a series of questions. Iceland stuck out on one thing. When we were asked what we believe, 90 percent said, 'ourselves.' ... If I get into trouble, there's no God or Allah to sort me out. I have to ...
Complimentary bark.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Gibson, Ron ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I would like to take issue with one part of the interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson (September/October 2009). Tyson is handsome, intelligent, articulate, entertaining, and arguably the best popularizer of science in this declining empire. But he is dead ...
Moral origins.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Tomasin, John ... To the five reasons adduced by the author Walter Sinnot-Armstrong in Morality without God? (reviewed by Peter Lamal, September/October 2009), as to why religion is unnecessary for human morality, add the cogent fact ...
Humane prescriptions.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Quintero, David ... Regarding "The Death of the War on Drugs" by Lawrence Jablecki (September/October 2009): Proof of a fool is his insistence on trying to solve a problem with methods that continually fail. I wish our leaders would consider new drug policy characterized by: 1) The common sense to recognize ...
Talk of the walk.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2009; Amada, Len ... Spencer Case concludes his potent piece, "Confessions of a Prayer-Struck Atheist" (Philosophically Speaking, September/October 2009), with the opinion that "every serious nonbeliever must take a good hard look at what it is he or she is walking away from." In my own case, I am ...
The issue at hand.
Nov 01, 2009; Bardi, Jennifer ... YOU MIGHT SAY religion bashing is taking a beating these days. On the one hand evolutionary psychologists tell us that belief in God is hardwired and studies show it can be beneficial to your health. Then you have the right-wing Christians who portray themselves over and over as victims of ...
Right wingers call social studies an attack on religion.(Up Front)
Nov 01, 2009; Quinn, Dan ... A PROMINENT RELIGIOUS LEADER is now attacking the study of social sciences, saying it "promotes doubts and uncertainty" and "secularism." Is this a new development in the growing debate over social studies curriculum standards in Texas public schools? Well, not exactly. The ...
The army experience center's bad experience: turns out training kids to kill not popular with public.
Nov 01, 2009; Swanson, David ... "THIS IS SO COOL! This is so cool!" a thirteen-year-old boy repeated as he squeezed rounds from a real M-16, picking off "enemy combatants" in a video game while perched atop a real Army Humvee. "I just came to the mall to skateboard but everyone said this was pretty cool. I just had to ...
Darwin drama raises questions for both sides.(Charles Darwin and 'Creation')
Nov 01, 2009; McCammon, Michael ... I SELDOM GO to the movies. It's as expensive as a Washington Nationals' game and has about the same (overwhelming) chance of being a flop. I am nearly alone in this sentiment, however; the Los Angeles Daily News recently reported that movie theatres "are one of the bright spots in the ...
Seen & heard.(Quotation)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "They're for the most part, I hate to say brain dead, but they're just looking to raise money from insurance companies and promote a right-wing agenda that is not really very useful in this whole process." --2008 Humanist of the Year Rep. Pete ...
Cartoon.(Cartoon)
Nov 01, 2009; Keefe, Mike ... WHY AREN'T WE USING THE HIGHWAY? I DON'T ...
25 years ago ...(Classic Humanist)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; Kirkendall, Lester ... Probably the two most obvious diversities which are now in the process of being accepted, and which will be fully accepted in the future, are same-sex relating (now called homosexual relating) and the family forms within which sexual relating is experienced .... My own expectation is that ...
Cartoon: atheistcartoons.com.(Cartoon)
Nov 01, 2009; ... I FEEL SO CHEAP. I HOPE NONE OF OUR FRIENDS SEE US HERE. DAWN ...
50 years ago ...(Classic Humanist)(Quotation)(Brief article)
Nov 01, 2009; Morris, John M. ... Nothingness has a long history in the West. It was Baudelaire's ennui, the horrendous, fascinating abyss that embraces man like a mythological monster. Ennui soon became le neant, the untenanted throne upon which God used to sit. American Zenophiles adapt Zen to fit Western thought by ...
Comes a horseman.(The Internet)(Speech)
Nov 01, 2009; Myers, P.Z. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] PZ Myers is a University of Minnesota biology professor who specializes in evolutionary developmental biology. He is also the author of the widely read and acclaimed science blog Pharyngula, which resides at Seed magazine's science blogs site. As a vocal ...
Good without God.(SPECIAL BOOK EXCERPT)(Good Without God in Community: The Heart of Humanism)(Excerpt)
Nov 01, 2009; Epstein, Greg ... "IT'S NOT EASY to live a good life or be a good person--with or without a god," writes Harvard Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein in the introduction to his new book, Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe. "Tolerant, fair-minded people of all religions or none do not ...
Memoirs of a spiritual refugee.(Breaking the Spell: My Life as a Rajneeshee and the Long Journey Back to Freedom)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2009; Garden, Mary ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] JANE STORK'S BOOK, Breaking the Spell: My Life as a Rajneeshee and the Long Journey Back to Freedom (Pan Macmillan, 2009), is the story of a spiritual quest that led not to lightness or freedom but to darkness and imprisonment. The title is apt. For those ...
The dog delusion.
Nov 01, 2009; Pedersen, April ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THERE WAS A TIME when "Dog is my co-pilot" was merely a fun slap at the "God is my co-pilot" bumper sticker, and it was funny precisely because nobody would ever think to elevate their dog to such a height. Within the past decade, however, pets--primarily ...
2009 Humanist Essay Contest.
Nov 01, 2009; ... The Humanist Essay Contest for Young Men and Women of North America is geared toward exposing students in grades 9-12 to humanism and issues of importance to humanists, while financially helping these young scholars advance in their studies. Prizes are awarded for originality of thought, ...
China's problem children: migrant labor in the world's factory.(First Prize: Humanist Essay Contest)
Nov 01, 2009; Pergolini, Justin ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Every word, every act, and every policy must conform to the people's interests, and if mistakes occur, they must be corrected--that is what being responsible to the people means." --Mao Zedong THE WORLD'S LEADERS and intellectuals ...
