Does Octavia Butler's 1993 novel, "Parable of the Sower", which starts in a 2024 in which the rule of law no longer holds, speak to us in 2023? How might it warn against possible 2034s, given today's world? "I’d love to see Octavia E. Butler’s novel PARABLE OF THE...

Join us every fourth Sunday to discuss an article or video of particular current interest. This month's article is from the November 13th issue of The New Yorker, Eclipsed in his Era, Bayard Rustin Gets to Shine in Ours The civil-rights mastermind was sidelined by his...

Does George Orwell's "Ninety Eighty-Four", aka "1984", speak to us in 2023? How might it warn against possible 2034s, given today's world? We will begin with this linked SparkNotes 7:37 video précis of 1984 and then start a whiteboard of issues to discuss. Tony...

Join us every fourth Sunday to discuss an article or video of particular current interest. This month we'll discuss the problem of unauthorized immigration, with a backgrounder from New York Times Magazine, "Why Can’t We Stop Unauthorized Immigration? Because It...

This is a new program model for 2023. Join us every fourth Sunday to discuss a particularly timely and informative article or video. This month's video is "Is the US Headed Towards Another Civil War?", a 2023 TED talk by Barbara F. Walter. Her credits, courtesy of her...

Article of the Month: "To Repair the Humanist and Ethical Movements, We Must Face History and Ourselves" "Overmann is helping to draft the fourth Humanist Manifesto"- Ken Novak, CEHC Ken Novak reads Anya Overmann To Repair the Humanist and Ethical Movements article on...

This is a new program model for 2023. Join us every fourth Sunday to discuss an article or two in a trustworthy publication. March's article is "You’re Better Off Not Knowing:The problem with dwelling on news about things you can’t control", by Brookings Scholar Shadi...