History is more than facts, names, and dates. It's about discovering why the world is the way it is today because of the events that came before, as well as asking ourselves how the world... Read More

As I read about the Trump administration’s plans to scrap former first lady Michelle Obama’s “Let Girls Learn” program, I found myself reacting in what has sadly become a familiar way—with a sigh of disbelief.... Read More

[updated 5/5/17] Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s emotional plea Monday night for affordable healthcare for Americans with pre-existing conditions, made as he recounted the scare he and his family endured the week before... Read More

In the March/April 2017 issue of the Humanist magazine, Tom Krattenmaker of the Yale Humanist Community calls the time we’re currently living in “The New Secular Moment.” With the surge of religiously unaffiliated individuals in... Read More

By definition, conservative opinion aims to conserve knowledge rooted in the past in order to better understand human affairs, particularly with a view to current decisions affecting the future. A corollary to this definition is... Read More

Last week I met with a group of Christian leaders from Cuba who came to the United States to meet with lawmakers and religious freedom advocates to discuss what’s happening within their country as the... Read More

One of my favorite lines from the original Ghostbusters is when Bill Murray’s character Peter Venkman asks a terrified librarian, who claims she’s had a run-in with an apparition, a series of questions. “What has... Read More