Today is Draft Day, the first day of the National Football League’s recruitment of the best college athletes in the nation to the professional league. Obviously, this is a big deal for football fans. Teams... Read More

My daughter Ellen and her husband arrived in Kathmandu March 4, 2015, on the Turkish Airline flight that skidded off the runway and cracked up on landing. Miraculously, nobody was hurt. They then saw a lot of... Read More

The plight of Eric Harris, who was gunned down by a pay-to-play cop during an April 2 undercover operation in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is just one of the latest tragedies following a long-recurring theme within the... Read More

Growing up in Texas, I didn’t know many atheists. In fact, nearly all of my friends were Southern Baptists and committed ones at that. While I only had to deal with a few good-natured (though... Read More

Earth Day was founded in 1970 by US Senator (WI) Gaylord Nelson to push the environment onto the national agenda. It is an inclusive event, attracting people of all religions and beliefs. But nonreligious groups... Read More

Chances are good you’ve never heard the name Leo P. Thornton, even though his story made national news last week. Sort of. Leo P. Thornton, a twenty-two-year-old from Lincolnwood, Illinois, stood on the steps of... Read More

On Wednesday, April 16, 2015, I attended a congressional briefing on cyberstalking and online threats hosted by the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence. Aiming to educate legislators and their staff about... Read More