A Brief History of the Cowboy Hat
The Cowboy Hat is the most iconic and recognized clothing accessory in the world. No matter where I go, wearing a cowboy hat is sure…
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Is Wanting Romance, Partnership, and Devotion a Weakness? A Humanist Answer
There is a peculiar suspicion in many modern conversations about love. People are often told, directly or indirectly, that wanting romance too much is weakness,…
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Humanism and Zen Buddhism: Two Sides of the Same Coin
At first glance, humanism and Zen Buddhism may appear to come from very different worlds. Humanism is often described in modern, philosophical, and sometimes secular…
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What Is Humanism?
Humanism is a way of understanding life that places human beings, human dignity, and human responsibility at the center of meaning and ethics. It begins…
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Shannon Number in Chess
The Shannon number, named after the American mathematician Claude Shannon, is a conservative lower bound of the game-tree complexity of chess of 10120, based on…
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Instructions From Master Funakoshi
The word “bu” of budo (martial arts) is written with the Chinese character for “stop” within a character signifying two crossed halberds meaning to stop…
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Training Precepts from Master Funakoshi
FIRST, since karate is a martial art, you must practice with the utmost seriousness from the very beginning. This means going beyond being simply diligent…
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The Twenty Principles of Karate
Master Gichin Funakoshi, the founder of Shotokan karate, laid out the Twenty Precepts of Karate (Niju kun), which are there as a guide for all…
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Gichin Funakoshi
Founder of Shotokan Karate-Do Gichin Funakoshi was born in Shuri, Okinawa, in 1868. As a boy, he was trained by two famous masters. Each trained…
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Humanist Ethics and How We Tell Right from Wrong
One of the most common criticisms of humanism is the claim that without religion, morality has no foundation. If there is no divine command, no…
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