Nation Sep 22 Column: Parents, use this Lady Gaga video to talk to your sons about rape If you are the parent of a boy between the ages of 11 and 18, Lady Gaga has just given you a golden opportunity to talk about rape. And, not to put too fine a point on it, but what…
Nation Sep 22 Your holiday cheat sheet to Yom Kippur Yom Kippur is the last and most important of Judaism's 10 High Holy Days, which begin on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.
Nation Sep 16 Column: Ahmed’s clock proves it’s time to disarm our irrational fear The story of a Texas 9th-grader arrested because he had the gall to make a clock and bring it to school to show his teacher has left Americans understandably reeling. But Ahmed Mohamed’s situation is about more than Islamophobia. It’s…
Nation Sep 14 Your holiday cheat sheet to Rosh Hashanah Here is a quick cheatsheet for those of you who may want to talk about Rosh Hashanah with the other humans in your life while also coming across as remotely intelligent.
Nation Aug 10 How young is too young to talk to your kids about religion? Lots of secular parents think religion is too complicated for young children to comprehend, and some worry that early exposure to religious ideas will bias children in one way or another. But waiting is a gamble.
Nation Jun 26 Your holiday cheat sheet to Ramadan Ramadan is considered the holiest month, because it was during Ramadan that Allah was said to have first contacted Muhammad. Every year, from the first sight of the waxing crescent moon until the last sight of the waning crescent, Muslims…
Nation Jun 15 How young is too young for a bikini? Should I let my 9-year-old daughter wear a bikini? On the one hand, I wanted to support my kid’s choice of clothing. I certainly didn’t want to make her self-conscious about her body, not when puberty was around the corner.
Nation May 30 Your holiday cheat sheet to Vesak Day Although Buddhism is unlike any other religion (in that it does not require belief in a deity), it’s still got some of the classic markers — and the celebration of holidays is one of them. So here, as part of…
Nation May 21 Pentecost is this Sunday. What the heck is Pentecost? From a historical perspective, Christianity didn’t start with Jesus’ birth, his death or even his storied ascension to heaven. It started with Pentecost — the day the “Holy Spirit” entered a room holding Jesus’ apostles and entered each…
Nation Apr 03 Your holiday cheat sheet to Easter Ironically, secular parents often have an easier time explaining Easter (without religion) than many Christian parents do (with it). The Passion is just such a darn mystery.