The Humanist

VOTER ANGER took, a new form as the results of Iowa's November 2010 midterm elections were revealed. In a real-life twist that would make any screenwriter envious, three of the seven Iowa Supreme Court justices--who in 2009 unanimously upheld a ruling...

IN MID-NOVEMBER, President Barack Obama issued an executive order dealing with the "faith-based" initiative. The order had been eagerly awaited. In fact, it was twenty-two months in the making. A special committee formed by the president held regular...

In November, several weeks before tensions flared over North Korea's new uranium enrichment facility and its attack of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad signaled a willingness to engage in a fresh round of international...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE TERM "family values," the importance of which fundamentalist Christians have been preaching for decades, continues to permeate religious and political printed matter and discussions in the United...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THINK ABOUT the "story" of your life. If you're like most people, a major plot line will revolve around the ecstatic peaks and crushing lows of your love life--from the intoxicating flourishing of love found to the miserable...

VOTERS HERE in Wisconsin passed a ban on same-sex marriage in the fall of 2006. The following morning, I thoughtlessly tried to console a lesbian coworker by predicting a universal right to marry within a decade. "That's fine," she replied blankly,...