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In his column today, Ron Lindsay criticizes the Trump administration's May 17 event "Rededicate 250" as an ahistorical, unconstitutional, atavistic obeisance to a tribal god-- but one that serves Trump's politcal purposes. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/be-s…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay reviews yet another book-length lament about how atheism leaves us without direction, forcing us to choose how to live. But all of us choose how to live. Atheism is just honest about this. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/anot…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay argues that freedom to criticize religious claims is important. Believers tell us how we should live, what policies we should have, etc. These claims should not go unchallenged for fear of giving "offense." secularhumanism.org/exclusive/we-n…

In his column today Ron Lindsay points out the hypocrisy of those in the MAGA-verse who critcized cancel culture but are now supporting Trump's efforts to use the power of government, including criminal prosecution, to silence critics. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/the-…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay reflects on the power of prayer -- not on its supposed ability to obtain what the petitioner wants, but on its ability to give people hope, albeit a false hope predicated on an incoherent view of the deity. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/pray…

Ron Lindsay's column this week is unusual: he is announcing the search for his replacement. But everything's cool; this was the plan when he became editor. He's leaving at the end of August. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/fi-e…

@SquanderT54479 @JimLittle1 @rdfrs Free Inquiry welcomes interest in this question and suggests that one should read all essays on this topic in its current issue. True to its mission, FI presents contrasting viewpoints, allowing readers to make up their own minds.

@JimLittle1 @rdfrs @FreeInquiry Then you must believe Socrates, Pythagoras, Sun Tzu, Hannibal, Alexander the Great, Leonidas I of Sparta are all fictitious too 🤪

Skepticism should be rigorous, not reactionary. Bill Cooke lays out why the claim that Jesus never existed fails basic scholarly standard and why clinging to it damages humanism more than it helps: From @FreeInquiry: secularhumanism.org/2026/01/the-fi…

In his column this week, Ron Lindsay argues that, whatever one thinks of transwomen participating in women's sports, classifying this as an issue of "religious freedom" ultimately helps the religious right. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/amer…

In his column this week, Ron Lindsay points out how the Trump administration has repudiated the core principle that defined the American Revolution: governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed secularhumanism.org/exclusive/amer…

Ron Lindsay's column returns today with an analysis of Trump's vision of America: it's a militant Christian nation, dedicated to Jesus Christ and dominance of the Western Hemisphere. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/onwa…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay argues we should not let Christians determine how we celebrate the holidays, incl. Dec. 25. The Cath. Church picked that arbitrary date to take advantage of an existing Roman holiday. Talk about cultural appropriation! secularhumanism.org/exclusive/chri…

Ron Lindsay is back with his column and in today's column he discusses the Catholic Church's lengthy consideration of the question whether women can become deacons. You will not be shocked by the outcome. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/the-…

In his column this week, Ron Lindsay argues that Thanksgiving, in its origins & rationale, is a religious holiday, one that assumes God craves submissive expressions of gratitude, esp. for victories on the battlefield. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/than…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay comments on the recent anti-vaccine gathering in Austin and how it united religious fundamentalism with vaccine skepticism--a compounding of ignorance. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/god-…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay expresses his hope that the Supreme Court will rule against Trump in the tariffs case. There is a need for the Court to act as a check on Trump's power grabs, because Congress has abandoned its role. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/no-c…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay comments on a right-wing singer/preacher's claim that his group & the Trump admin. are planning "revivals" for 2026. Implausible? Not given Trump's record. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/gove…

Back from his trip, in his column this week Ron Lindsay takes issue with a journalist's comment that atheism is "boring." To the contrary, Ron argues atheism opens up our lives whereas religion constrains our autonomy & immerses us in mind-numbing rituals secularhumanism.org/exclusive/the-…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay expresses his concern that at a time when democracies are under serious threat from a bloc of authoritarian countries (Russia, China, N. Korea, Iran) the U.S. has an incoherent foreign policy led by a man-child. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/demo…

In his column today, Ron Lindsay says there is no longer any doubt that the Christian Right is now the dominant force in the MAGA coalition -- and that's not good news. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/the-…

In his column today (written before the Jimmy Kimmel suspension), Ron Lindsay speculates about how far Trump & Co. will go in exploiting the murder of Charlie Kirk. secularhumanism.org/exclusive/the-…