January / February 2013

EDITOR’S NOTE

by: Jennifer Bardi
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UP FRONT

Beyond the Box

by: Rebecca Manski
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Done In by the Patriot Act

The Grand Irony of the Petraeus Sex Scandal

by: Dave Lindorff
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Features:

Kitcher

Experiments of Living

by: Philip Kitcher

“Limited human altruism still cramps and twists the lives of billions,” admits the esteemed philosopher. Even so, he’s willing to propose an ethical stance for the human future.

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Goldstein

Speaking Prose All Our Lives

by: Rebecca Newberger Goldstein

The 2011 Humanist of the Year feels sure that for moral arguments to impel our actions, they must be transformed into moral passions.

POEM: “Little Room” by Nick Courtright
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Shook

With Liberty & Justice for All

by: John Shook

The world urgently needs more liberty and justice, and therefore more humanism.

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Bordell

Spare a Thought for Philosophy: An Interview with A.C. Grayling

by: Will Bordell
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Starin

Colobus Conundrum

by: Dawn Starin

What tells us more about ourselves—a primatologist’s observations of monkeys in a Gambian forest, or the many questions they raise?

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CHURCH & STATE


Election Reflection: Whither Now, Religious Right?

by: Rob Boston
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FIERCE HUMANISM


Humanism in a Shitstorm

by: Greta Christina
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POETRY


Little Room

by: Nick Courtright
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BOOK REVIEWS

Damned Good Company: Twenty Rebels Who Bucked the God Experts By Luis Granados

Review by: Frederic March
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Attack of the Theocrats! How the Religious Right Harms Us All—And What We Can Do About It By Sean Faircloth

Review by: Rob Boston
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Embroidering History: An Englishwoman’s Experience as a Humanitarian Aid Volunteer in Post-War Poland, 1924-1925 By Jane Cooper

Review by: Daniel Beaudoin
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