by Brian Glyn Williams | Mar 27, 2013 | The Public Humanist
In case you missed his 13 hour filibuster of John O. Brennan’s nomination to be the next CIA Director, on the night of March 6th/7th Kentucky Senator Rand Paul made himself the darling of both the Tea Party/Libertarians and those on the right who fear that the...
by Mairead Hadley | Apr 4, 2013 | The Public Humanist
Horseracing, like hip-hop, is a culture, entirely of its own. Each is formed on the edges of society, producing a rhythm balanced by struggle and persistence. And each, uncovered, reveals an explosion of unexpected power and potential. These are two largely...
by Carolyn Cushing | Apr 11, 2013 | The Public Humanist
My uneasy feelings about marriage became even more complicated this past November when I got the call that no one wants to get. “He didn’t make it.” The police officer was telling me that John, my partner of 12 years, had died in a car accident in...
by Hayley Wood | Apr 19, 2013 | The Public Humanist
The first woman leader of a twentieth-century Western superpower died on Monday, April 8 at the age of 87. A conservative politician having been trained at Oxford as a chemist, Margaret Thatcher was a woman who described herself in uncompromising terms: “I am...
by Sharon Kennedy | Apr 24, 2013 | The Public Humanist
In January this year I went to Ghana in West Africa for three weeks. I am a professional storyteller and I perform many kinds of stories including folktales and historical stories for children and adults. Sometimes the desire to collect folktales instead of just...
