The Willow Creek Church in suburban Chicago is the largest, most influential church in the United States. It has over 23,000 Sunday attendees but, more importantly, it provides the model and training for over 13,000... Read More

Arriving in France on Thanksgiving Day, 1944, my outfit was scheduled to join the 9th Army in Holland for an assault crossing of the Roer River (Operation Grenade). Having arrived just in time for the... Read More

By now you’ve probably seen both versions of the picture. The original photo from the White House Situation Room, taken May 1, 2011, shows President Obama, Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton,... Read More

I wouldn’t want to be Rep. Anthony Weiner right now. Because everyone can see he’s conflicted about sex. But c’mon, aren’t you? Isn’t everyone? As Somerset Maugham wrote almost a century ago, “There is hardly... Read More

The Tower of Babel is going to be built (or rebuilt, depending on your view of the historicity of the Bible)in Kentucky. And that’s not all: the Ark Encounter theme park, slated to be constructed... Read More

Anyone who knows me well knows that I’m a little obsessed with wine. But I’m far from a lush—wine is meant to be breathed in, slowly savored, and enjoyed while relaxing. And I’m a collector... Read More

The Kochhar Humanist Education Center, a project of the American Humanist Association working to promote education based in reason and ethics, provides curriculum resources for all ages in eight areas Secular Humanism Critical Thinking Secular... Read More