Every other year, it seems we are facing the most critical election in U.S. history.Often a case can be made that they have steadily become more crucial to both the immediate impact on everyday Americans... Read More

Political discourse today is often described as polarized. We attribute our divisions to partisanship, misinformation or ideological extremism—assuming that our deepest disagreements concern taxes, healthcare, immigration or the countless other policy debates that dominate our... Read More

THE FIRE Patricia vividly remembered, even after twenty years, the potentially  deadly situation she was in. What should have been a terrifying near death experience actually turned out to be, she believed, supernatural  and profoundly... Read More

As an educator and observer of the human condition, I have found over the decades that most people who are steadfast in their rationalist confidence are often those willing to be more open and honest... Read More

Introduction: The Myth of the Radical Individual We live in an era that worships uniqueness. Modern culture commands us to discover our singular identity, brand our differences and treat our outlier status as a moral... Read More

Humanists love reason. We trust science to tell us what is true about the world. This works beautifully to understand the objective world around us, but science can’t answer moral questions or weigh competing values.... Read More

During the six years my daughter Johanna struggled with and finally succumbed to stage 4 rhabdomyosarcoma, a soft tissue cancer, I spent countless hours, including well over 100 overnight stays at the hospital by her... Read More