Please visit our podcast page if you missed Joe Chuman’s recent address, “If there is no god, from where do we get our hope?” Joe’s address was extremely popular and should be required listening by all those who doubt or reject the answers that traditional religion gives to the great questions of life; because [...]

When I’m sick I’m usually furthest from any “I [heart] Humanity” state of mind. But this time I have been availing myself of the wonderful work of the volunteers at Project Gutenberg, specifically their audio books. It’s a blessing to be able to lie in bed and listen to philosophy, novels, history, even [...]

I have a cold and my head feels like someone is trying to inflate it with a bicycle pump, so I can’t blog intelligently for a few days. However, I pass on this link from Don B-W to a great Onion piece on the sad life of a skeptic.
Now I’m going back to [...]

The Winter 2007 Dialogue newsletter of the American Ethical Union is now available. Check out Joe Chuman on Darwin and religion, Boe Meyerson on Ahmadinejad at Columbia University, a report from the Religious Education Conference, and much much more to make you think and mark your calendars.

Happy Hanukkah to all whose celebrations begin tonight. Like many traditions, many forms of Judaism are in a process of “greening,” embracing environmental activism as a natural outgrowth of their values. For ideas on how to use Hanukkah as a time to re-commit yourself and your community to a sustainable future, check out [...]