Nikki Stern
Nikki Stern is the author of Because I Say So: Moral Authority’s Dangerous Appeal and Hope in Small Doses, published by Humanist Press. Her writings have appeared in the New York Times, Newsweek, USA Today, and the Humanist. She has appeared on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and CBS’ “Sunday Morning.” She writes for her blog at www.nikkistern.com.
Posts by Nikki Stern
What Does “Spiritual, Not Religious” Mean? It’s Complicated.
Years ago, I signed onto a dating site, where algorithms work hard to match compatible partners based on answers to questions concerning habits, preferences,... Read More
A Dozen Years After 9/11, Has Anything Changed?
In a moving letter to her husband, who died in the September 11th attacks, Hope in Small Doses author Nikki Stern reflects on how... Read More
Thinking Like a Scientist
Constituents of Rush Holt, the popular congressman representing central New Jersey, like to flaunt bumper stickers that declare: “My congressman IS a rocket scientist.”... Read More
Book Excerpt: Because I Say So
Like a number of progressives, skeptics, and humanists, author Nikki Stern resisted the wholesale rush to judgment after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.... Read More
Good Bless America
I love celebrating Independence Day. I'm grateful to live in this country, grateful for the freedoms we often take for granted. I plant my Independence Day... Read More