Carl Coon graduated from Harvard University in 1949 and promptly joined the U.S. Foreign Service. He spent the next thirty-seven years in a variety of posts stretching from Morocco to Nepal, serving as ambassador to... Read More

Upon entering a Sunday Assembly, held in historic York Hall in East London, one could easily assume that these gatherings are yet another attempt to plant a holy hipster church. If you stick around, however,... Read More

Humanism within the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has been on the decline for years. Indeed, the UUA has been on the decline itself after having been instrumental in the development of modern day humanism. What... Read More

Editor's note: this article deals with end-of-life care and dying with dignity. Click here for additional material on this sensitive issue. We sat hip to hip on the family room sofa that day holding hands,... Read More

Some of the most humanistic films currently being produced are coming out of the Mumbai, India-based Hindi-language film industry popularly known as Bollywood. A prime example is the 2010 movie Guzaarish, which tackles the subject... Read More

They were among my father’s last words, uttered a few days before he died. I sat in one of the kitchen chairs next to the hospice bed set up in the den where the television... Read More

How do you begin to write about the dreaded Alzheimer’s disease in a way that’s informative, absorbing, and, dare I say, entertaining to the reader? The only thing that comes to mind is the hilarious... Read More