Chris Stedman, who is the assistant humanist chaplain at Harvard University, intrigued me when we would meet at Harvard Humanist events. Stedman’s position as “Interfaith and Community Service Fellow” struck me as particularly curious for... Read More

Almost as soon as the bombs detonated during the Boston Marathon on April 15, the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard University began responding to the needs of their community by providing services customarily performed by chaplains.... Read More

It’s not enough to point out that our political system is saturated with money, including money from coal and oil and nukes and gas. Of course it is. And if we had direct democracy, polls... Read More

There is no arm of youthful rebellion more culturally visible than music. The popular narrative of the last half-century was of kids fighting the oppression of their elders by picking up instruments and exploring new... Read More

A few weeks ago, I found myself at the front of a sizeable auditorium, facing an audience full of faithful Christians. The organizers of the event—the Christian Veritas Forum—had flown in a charismatic MIT chemistry... Read More

Roger Ebert was born on June 18, 1942, in Urbana, Illinois. He was the only child of Annabel (a bookkeeper) and Walter Ebert (an electrician), who raised their son as a Roman Catholic. As a... Read More

This afternoon a student passed me, grinning. She’d just visited the eastern-most toilet stall in the “senior” bathroom. The room is decrepit, the soap dispenser is often empty, and the stall doors don’t latch. But... Read More