Culture
Author Roy Speckhardt: “Can we create change through humanism?”
July 12, 2016"Humanists understand that this is the only life we have, and this planet is the only place we have to live it."
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This week in history: “Towards the future” honors Bastille Day
July 11, 2016July 14th is Bastille Day, the holiday commemorating the fall of the Bastille prison at the beginning of the French Revolution in 1789.
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In “The Marvin Gaye Story,” sexual healing is the political
July 7, 2016The music gives us this clarity about who we are, how we can be, the world we can achieve.
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China Miéville’s postmodern fantasies in “Three Moments of an Explosion”
July 5, 2016The contemporary British fantasist China Miéville's collection of short stories is a diverse mix of styles.
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Independence Day: Let America be America again
June 30, 2016In a time when demagogues try to convince us that America needs to be "great again," Hughes reminds us of the dream of what America could be.
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