“Origin stories function, to a degree, as myths designed to create a shared sense of history and purpose.” Some books […]
Tag Archive for ‘History’
Equiano
Coming this Saturday, a Highland Views column on the life and journeys of an enslaved African whose narrative was published […]
Secular Jesus Speaks
A re-post from a few years ago: Continuing the Secular Jesus* Series … *Why Secular Jesus? The “Spiritual Jesus,” exalted […]
Old Ferries, New Ships
This weekend’s column weaves an image from colonial history with an interfaith musical event and an old ferryboat … Look […]
History Under Construction
A lot of people who are not teachers (and may have dropped out of school), and then somehow got elected […]
Looking in the Muir-or
John Muir continues to shake up the environmental world. This article in Earth Island Journal presents a good balance to […]
Shaking Faith
In this weekend’s column in the Citizen-Times I compared our experiences at Gethsemani Abbey and Shaker Village in Kentucky. Shakers, […]
Kentucky
A few images from our journey to Kentucky (the first visit for me). Overview of some of the 2000 acres […]
Warning from Ken Burns
In a Washington Post interview today, Burns identifies his primary worry about our democracy, in historical context: “I think this […]
Teaching Freethought
One of the most satisfying aspects of a practice of freethinking is teaching Freethought. Like Science, Philosophy or even Religion, […]
Journey across a Nation of Nature
Five years ago this month, Carol and I drove across the land known as America. From San Francisco, California to […]
The Marketplace
Came across this quote on free speech. Good to remember the wisdom: “The marketplace of ideas holds that the truth […]
Friendly Freethinker 