I’ve been putting this off because I wanted it to be really good, but it’s only a blog, for heaven’s sake.  So, to pick up from a couple weeks ago, is Ethical Culture a form of humanism?  Describing something new is usually challenging, so when people ask me what the Ethical Society is about, I [...]

Last week I was in New York City for a meeting of the National Leaders Council. I’m often asked if I miss New York, and the answer is No.  I won’t enumerate why, since some New Yorkers read this blog.  I’ll just say that I’m very glad I grew up there, and I’m [...]

I’ll get back to ethical humanism soon, I promise.  But we bought this house, see. . . .
Last night I was on the floor of the bathroom scrubbing the baseboards with a toothbrush.  I am not the best of housekeepers—one of Bill’s band mates once turned down a proffered bagel because our toaster oven wasn’t [...]

These are just a few impressions of my experience this weekend when Bill and I spent a morning outside the Hope Clinic for Women, as part of the Peaceful Presence program of the Missouri Coalition for Religious Choice. We were there to support the patients and counter the protestors, who that morning came in three [...]

I just got an advance copy of the fall Dialogue, the newsletter of the American Ethical Union. As usual, there are several good articles from Ethical Culture Leaders and lay leaders across the country, as well as an in-depth piece on the AEU Lay Leadership Summer School, where I was fortunate enough to be [...]

Coincidentally, Sunday’s Post-Dispatch had an article on cheating by business-school students that also quotes David Callahan, the author of The Cheating Culture, which I talked about in my platform.  This article discusses a new survey that reveals that business students cheat even more than other students, which does not bode well for the future of [...]