Blue light shined through the cracked door and the projector hummed as “The Polar Express” captivated my fifth-grade class. My classmates laughed and played, enjoying the Christmas party they had waited a year for. Outside,... Read More

I have often marveled at how small we humans and our planet Earth are in the vast cosmic scale. Imagine holding a 100-gram ball in your hand representing our entire solar system. In this analogy,... Read More

“The child is father of the man.” In adulthood, you begin to discover society for what it really is: an endless exchange of masks. That’s the core irony of human existence; being one thing and... Read More

Sexual censorship is a favored tactic of the religious right in this country. Very few strategies are more characteristic of their attacks on the nation's sexual and gender diversity than the practice of lumping these... Read More

Learning All Around Us For a long time, I’ve been thinking about ritual. Whether it is kneeling before entering a pew or pointing to the sky when we run a yellow light, ritual stands as... Read More

Most all designs and objects, tools and physical items that are made are tagged with a serial number or barcode to show their origin and maker or to describe their function. We use this technology... Read More

The quest for truth and meaning has propelled my journey, my improbable journey from religion to ethical humanism. I am a first-generation humanist. My parents were born into a traditional religious setting, but later embraced... Read More