History, The Freethinking Times https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/history/ Context and consequence across time. en The Vocabulary of Unbelief: How Freethinkers Named Their Own Tradition https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/history/vocabulary-of-unbelief/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/history/vocabulary-of-unbelief/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT From atheism to secular humanism, the terms we use to describe non-belief carry centuries of argument, persecution, and hard-won clarity. Understanding the vocabulary is the first step to understanding the movement. Ideas The Editors The First Gilded Age Ended. Here Is What It Took. https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/history/first-gilded-age-ended/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/history/first-gilded-age-ended/ Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT The concentration of wealth and power in the late nineteenth century looked permanent until it didn't. The mechanisms of change are worth studying carefully. U.S. History The Editors The Pentagon Papers at Fifty-Plus: What We Actually Learned https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/history/pentagon-papers-lessons/ https://thefreethinkingtimes.com/history/pentagon-papers-lessons/ Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT The publication of the Pentagon Papers is remembered as a triumph of press freedom. The deeper lesson — about institutional deception and its durability — is less often drawn. U.S. History The Editors