by Marisa Parham | Dec 11, 2007 | The Public Humanist
Heather Brandon recently had a nice post here at The Public Humanist, about journalism and blogging, and also the place of the local online. Her post reminded me of this moment earlier this year, when one of my students blogged about a local billboard, the one you see...
by Mary Wilson | Dec 19, 2007 | The Public Humanist
Israel and Lebanon are very sensitive to population figures. Israel was created as a Jewish state, and its government is based on maintaining a Jewish majority. Lebanon was created as a state with many religious groups, and its government rests on the notion of a...
by David Mednicoff | Dec 20, 2007 | The Public Humanist
It’s very enlightening to see my U.Mass. colleague Mary Wilson’s succinct account of the centrality of demographics to the Palestinian/Israeli and Lebanese conflicts. I share her view of the problems that can arise when governments divide people and treat...
by Dan Gordon | Dec 26, 2007 | The Public Humanist
The most famous words in American culture are these: “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The phrase, of course, is from the Declaration of Independence. But what did “happiness” mean for Thomas Jefferson?Democracy gives us the right...
by Hayley Wood | Jan 3, 2008 | The Public Humanist
Christmas was yesterday but I’m sure I won’t be putting away the Christmas books that always float to the top of the general household clutter this time of year. Most of them are children’s books—enjoyed by my husband and I in childhood and now...
