Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the best way to remember such an event is to fulfill the promise of “Never Again.”  To that end, please click here to hear “The Best Hope for Peace in Darfur,” a panel discussion that recently took place at the New York Society for Ethical Culture.  Taking part was [...]

I don’t want to be confused with Katie Couric, but last week I had to get an endoscopy and a colonoscopy, and since these are procedures that many people need to get and are often afraid of, I thought I should say a few words about it. (I’m fine, by the way.) The fact that [...]

Relatives of some September 11th victims are testifying on behalf of Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called twentieth hijacker, because they and/or their loved ones oppose the death penalty.
One of the family members, Alice Hoagland, who lost her son Mark on Flight 93 in Pennsylvania, told CNN that “she hopes that the United States would [...]

Folks have asked how I create the Ethical Society of St. Louis’s podcasts. There are countless ways to create podcasts and no right or wrong answers for this question. In all of these approaches there are three required components. 1) You need to get the audio on to a computer (initial capture), 2) edit it [...]

A little while ago another study came out showing that prejudice against atheists is the last acceptable prejudice in America. (Okay, that’s not exactly what the study says, but that’s my interpretation.)
The most interesting line in the article, to me, is ” ‘It seems most Americans believe that diversity is fine, as long [...]

An invitation to those in the St. Louis area in their twenties and thirties (and their partners) who are members of or interested in the Ethical Society: We’re starting a new group for people in that age bracket who would like to connect with peers for fun, fellowship, ethical action opportunities, and whatever else [...]

So this pool I go to, to count laps, was built a couple years ago, I’d guess, and it’s a good example of how play has changed. Except for a few lanes, it’s a water “funderland”—a place designed to be fun but so over-designed as to get in the way of fun. There [...]