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Rankism vs. the Golden Rule
[This is the 17th in the series Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship.] The Many Faces of Rankism Rankism is a collective name for the various ways power can be abused in the context of a rank...
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The Moral Arc of the Universe
[This is the 18th in the series Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship.] The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice. – Martin Luther King Jr. One reading of the human...
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The Brotherhood of Man and the Politics of Dignity
[This is the 19th in the series Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship.] As prophets in every religion have tried to tell us, humankind is one big extended family. The simultaneous advent of...
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Einstein’s Question: Is the Universe Friendly?
[This is the 20th and last in the series. All twenty posts have been collected into a free eBook which can be downloaded at Religion and Science: A Beautiful Friendship?] We are as gods and have to get...
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Reason to Hope: A New Deal for Religion and Science
Live your life as if there are no miracles and everything is a miracle. – Albert Einstein Crisis in Religion A spate of bestsellers—The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins; The End of Faith by Sam Harris;...
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Something America and China Could Do Together
It may be an exaggeration to say that as Chinese-American relations go, so goes the world, but it’s probably not far from the mark. I’m not only thinking of China’s and America’s common interest in...
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Who Am I?
This is the first post in the series Why Everything You Know about Your “Self” Is Wrong. The series explores how our understanding of selfhood affects our sense of individuality, our interpersonal...
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Am I a Home for Identities?
This is the second post in the series Why Everything You Know about Your “Self” Is Wrong. The series explores how our understanding of selfhood affects our sense of individuality, our interpersonal...
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“Self” Is a Misnomer
[This is the third post in the series Why Everything You Know about Your "Self" Is Wrong. The series explores how our understanding of selfhood affects our sense of individuality, our interpersonal...
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The Superself: Genome, Menome, and Wenome
This is the fourth post in the series Why Everything You Know about Your “Self” Is Wrong. The series explores how our understanding of selfhood affects our sense of individuality, our interpersonal...
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What is Man?
This is the fifth post in the series Why Everything You Know about Your “Self” Is Wrong. The series explores how our understanding of selfhood affects our sense of individuality, our interpersonal...
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Ducking Death; Surviving Superannuation
This is the sixth and final post in the series Why Everything You Know about Your “Self” Is Wrong. The series explores how our understanding of selfhood affects our sense of individuality, our...
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What Was the Most Important Thing People Learned in the 20th Century?
What was the principal take-away from the 20th century? What were the most important cultural developments of the past century? Atomic energy? DNA? Penicillin? Or, something from the world of art or...
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Curing the Poison of “Rankism”
I got a close look at the poison of “rankism” at the age of seven, when my classmate Arlene was sent to the hall for the whole school day. Arlene lived on a farm and wore the same dress to school each...
View Article100 Words on Love: Unrequited
We tend to discount our unrequited loves, but not getting our way with someone is as important to the narrative of our lives as the outcome we so ardently desire. As in all walks of life, so, too, in...
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Ending Academic Apartheid: Equity and Dignity for Adjunct Professors
In choosing the academic life, most teachers expect to be part of a community committed to freedom, fairness, and justice. It’s the rare academic who does not take pride in belonging to an honorable...
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Belonging: A Memoir – The Oberlin Years
I recently published Belonging: A Memoir, which can be downloaded for free at Smashwords. This memoir is a companion piece to my novel The Rowan Tree, which is also now available for free through...
View ArticleAll Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Introduction)
This is the first part of the serialization of All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Berrett-Koehler, 2006). The ideas in this book are further developed in my recent novel The...
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The Politics of Dignity: What’s at Stake
Horus presents the regalia of rank to the pharoah This is the second part of the serialization of All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Berrett-Koehler, 2006). The ideas in this...
View ArticleDignity and Recognition (Part 1)
This is the third part of the serialization of All Rise: Somebodies, Nobodies, and the Politics of Dignity (Berrett-Koehler, 2006). The ideas in this book are further developed in my recent novel The...
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