On the freethinking path, I’m constantly discovering lessons in Freethought. Freethought isn’t a school, belief or specific ideology; it isn’t […]


On the freethinking path, I’m constantly discovering lessons in Freethought. Freethought isn’t a school, belief or specific ideology; it isn’t […]

After a dusting of snowfalls in our valley, the weather turned today and we enjoyed a gorgeous walk among the […]

This week’s “Highland Views” column (published in selected local newspapers in the USA Today network this weekend) digs a little […]

For some reason I have a fascination with delicate, ephemeral spheres of air. As Emerson wrote in his essay “Circles”: […]

Natural beauty in Northern Georgia.

A sneak peek at this week’s column: The Brightness of Beauty in Natural Light When I make an effort to […]

My essay on the Roman Stoic Lucius Seneca has just been published by The Freethought Society in Pennsylvania. Seneca’s Secular […]

Published Essays & Columns by Chris Highland Many of my essays and columns are collected in these books: Friendly Freethinker […]

Some Wintertime thoughts I’ll share here instead of the newspaper. Seizing the Star: Seasons of Spiritual Superiority? Another Winter season […]

Ingersoll, the “Great Agnostic,” presented his wish list a few years before he died. I think I would like to […]

Those of us who left faith behind frequently hear the “loving” accusation that we were never Christians in the first […]

Humanist Meditations is now available through the PEN America Bookshop! Each purchase supports writers across America, free speech, and the […]