Category: Featured
Why I Bother: Voting as a Young American
Last week, I was pleased to be an audience member in the first taping of a new series on why Texans have one of the lowest rates of civic participation in the country. This particular taping was speci... Read More
Speaking in Tongues
The day my son was born, I started speaking in tongues. I’ve never spoken in tongues before. I’ve never spontaneously erupted into speaking/chanting/repeating anything other than my native English... Read More
Forgiveness from a Humanist Perspective
On October 2nd I was invited to present on forgiveness and reconciliation from a humanist perspective. It was an eight person panel for “Ahimsa Day” at Claremont Lincoln University. It... Read More
Columbus Day. A Celebration of Exploration and Discovery, or Ideological Conquest?
As much of the United States and other nations in the Western Hemisphere celebrate various forms of Columbus Day (which honors the “New World” voyages of Christopher Columbus), I remember ... Read More
Making the (Ancient) Past Relevant to the Present
My grandmother always wanted to be an archaeologist. She grew up in a military family, moving from base to base, all the while delving into books that illuminated the ancient world. When I was young... Read More
Participating in forgiveness
Last week, on our campus here at Claremont Lincoln University, we held Ahimsa Day, in collaboration with our Jain colleagues and the new Jain center on campus. “Ahimsa” means “non vi... Read More
Now is Not the Time to Give Up
This post was originally published by the Interfaith Youth Core on September 13. Ambassador Christopher Stevens’s work was a personal inspiration to me. He was among the most dedicated few of public... Read More
“One Candle, One Life, One Planet: The Jewish Festival of Hanukkah and the Deep Meaning of Small Differences,” by Robert Pollack
How do we measure the importance of an event, the meaning of the difference it makes? As a scientist my answer is simple: the bigger the difference, the more important the event. By this measure the m... Read More