by Jack Cheng | Jul 3, 2012 | The Public Humanist
The death of author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, as well as Hayley Wood’s perceptive essay on illustrations in children’s books, reminded me of a visit to the Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge. My son was about 3 at the time and it was one of those...
by John Hill | Jul 10, 2012 | The Public Humanist
Many Americans, including this author, were ecstatic that Barack Obama won the 2008 Presidential election. As the 2012 election campaign moves into high gear, it is time to evaluate his time in office. If we were choosing a national prophet, Obama would be in trouble....
by Bob Meagher | Jul 24, 2012 | The Public Humanist
I, for one, am neither impressed nor reassured by President Obama’s personal study of and commitment to the writings of Augustine and Aquinas on just war to guide his own conscience and conduct of drone warfare and targeted assassinations. In a few words here, I...
by Peter Gilbert | Jul 26, 2012 | The Public Humanist
During the first half of the twentieth century, the Olympic Games included competition not only in sports but also in the Fine Arts, just as the ancient Olympic Games did. I confess that when I first learned this, I thought what a great Monty Python sketch might be...
by James Heflin | Jul 2, 2012 | Ten Gallon Liberal
Ever wonder where, say, purple ends and pink begins? Here’s an extraordinary post exploring the linguistic, cognitive, and neurological basis of how many colors we perceive. Part two explores yet further, and offers a very cool BBC video about language/color...