by Patrick Vitalone | Oct 5, 2010 | The Public Humanist
As the political atmosphere in the United States has become increasingly heated and divisive, a prominent strategy of debate is to reveal that an opponent’s beliefs are somehow un-American. The labels employed in doing so are often quite broad and not given much...
by John Drabinski | Oct 12, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Fascism, so far as I can tell, pretty much means everything, yet still means nothing these days. Trying to fish a theory of fascism out of the random, often hateful commentator rants (right and left) strikes me as foolish. Hardly interested in history and historical...
by Hayley Wood | Oct 15, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Since 2008, Mass Humanities has sponsored a children’s literature program for families called Family Adventures in Reading. It’s been held in branch libraries in Springfield and New Bedford. The Springfield program for this year will be hosted by the...
by Karen Chace | Oct 19, 2010 | The Public Humanist
“To read a book for the first time is to make an acquaintance with a new friend; to read it for a second time is to meet an old one.” ~Chinese SayingAs a child, books were my friends, my allies. As an adult and professional storyteller I have the good...
by Tara Young | Oct 25, 2010 | The Public Humanist
Thinking back over the past year of working on the creation of the Museum of Russian Icon’s family audio tour that highlights stories from Russian folklore, the one lesson that I keep coming back to is the importance of testing the impact of a project with an...