Learning Right from Wrong: How to Teach the Bible in Public Schools
“Exposure to the Bible has an almost magical influence against crime and the moral/ethical slide of our youth and our nation,” wrote Dr. Robert... Read More
Slavery Was Once for Many a “Sincerely Held Belief”
When the editor of this publication reached out to inquire if she could publish a version of my letter to the editor of my... Read More
The Winter of Our Cross Dissent
As I write we are eight days away from oral arguments in Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission v. American Humanist Association, in which... Read More
CHURCH & STATE | “Biblical Literacy” Is the Last Thing the Religious Right Wants to See in Public Schools
Certain ideas sound half decent at first glance, but when you take a closer look, turn out not to be so great. Consider “Bible... Read More
PHILOSOPHICALLY SPEAKING | An Atheist with a Tall Hat On: The Forgotten History of Agnosticism
One sometimes gets the impression that religious and nonreligous people alike consider agnosticism a more rational and sophisticated creed than atheism. On the contrary,... Read More
FIRST PERSON | Who Moved My Child?
In 1998 Dr. Spencer Johnson published a small book titled, Who Moved My Cheese? Simply written, the book was meant to guide and support... Read More
The “Fake News” We Tell Ourselves
Psychotherapists say that therapy is merely holding a mirror up to ourselves, just as Socrates championed the wisdom of “know thyself,” which was carved... Read More
Humanist Dilemma: Should I Boycott Amazon?
Shop or Drop? A few years ago a friend reacted with horror when I told her I get everything I possibly can through Amazon.... Read More
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
BY YUVAL NOAH HARARI SPEIGEL & GRAU, 2018 400 PP.; $28.00 Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari is the author of Sapiens: A Brief History... Read More
America: The Farewell Tour
BY CHRIS HEDGES SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2018 400 PP.; $27.00 For better or worse, you know what you’re going to get with a Chris... Read More