Reason Without Humanity Is Not Humanism: Why Sam Harris Should Not Receive the Richard Dawkins Award by Wissam Charafeddine
The Center for Inquiry says the Richard Dawkins Award honors a person who publicly represents secularism and rationalism, and CFI says its mission is to advance reason, science, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values. Sam Harris may fit the secular-celebrity part of that profile, but I do not believe he fits the humanist part. With Richard Dawkins set to present him the 2026 award in an online ceremony on April 18, this is exactly the moment to ask whether intellectual sharpness without moral clarity is really what CFI wants to celebrate
Lebanese National Theatre opens its doors to war-displaced people
Lebanese National Theatre opens its doors to war-displaced people Actor and director Kassem Istambouli, founder of the National Lebanese Theatre, announced that its buildings in Tyre, Beirut and Tripoli are now open to those displaced by the recent security situation. This initiative aims to provide temporary shelter for families forced to flee their homes due ...
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Monday: MLK Day in Detroit; Tues: Palestine Update w/Plitnick on Zoom
23rd Annual Detroit Martin Luther King Day Rally & March Followed by a Community Meal St Matthewās & St. Josephās Episcopal Church 8850 Woodward Ave, Detroit The 23rd Annual Detroit MLK Day Rally and March will take place on Monday, January 19 at 12pm. The rally will take place at the historic St. Matthew's and ...
From Universal Declaration of Human Values – Article 7 ā Rules of Order
Robert Rules of Order should be the governing rules for all governing bodies in governments and their institutions, as well as non-governmental institutions. Article 7 ā Rules of Order Democratic governance quickly decays into confusion and domination by the loudest voices when there are no shared rules for how we meet, debate, and decide. In ...
Was President Wilson in the Epstein Files?
Was President Wilson in the Epstein Files? In 1916, it was not electorally beneficial to be openly pro-Zionist, because the majority of American Jews opposed Zionism at the time. Nevertheless, Zionist leaders succeeded in lobbying President Woodrow Wilson to express sympathy for their cause. In 1917, during a private meeting with leading Zionist Louis D. ...
My 2025 Reading List (aka: Books That Rewired My Brain)
2025 was a āmultiple tabs openā kind of year. This reading stack is the stuff that kept me grounded, suspicious of hustle-culture, allergic to propaganda, and still soft enough to believe humans can be better than the systems weāre trapped in. The image says it all: me in a bookstore-library maze, sitting at a piano, surrounded by stories and ideas like theyāre sheet music. Thatās basically my whole philosophy in one frame. Reading is how I tune my mind back to the right keyāespecially when the world is loud, cruel, and trying to sell you distraction as destiny. Below is my 2025 list based on the covers in the collageāwhat each book gave me, and why it mattered.
The 10 Best Films I Watched in 2025 (Out of 70)
I watched 70 films in 2025. These 10 hit the hardestāsome like a gut-punch, some like a mirror, and a few like a chaotic little group chat that accidentally tells the truth. Iām not ranking these by āobjective greatnessā because Iām not a robot (and even robots have Letterboxd opinions now). This is about impact: ...
Thursday: Organize to Win: JVP Action Hanukkah Virtual Fundraiser w/Naomi Klein, Rashida Tlaib, Delia Ramirez, others
THURS DEC 18 ā¢ 8pm EST Join JVPA (Jewish Voice for Peace Action) Thursday, December 18 at 8pm ET for Organize to Win: A JVP Action Hanukkah Fundraiser Together, we'll gather on the 5th night of Hanukkah to hear from movement leaders, progressive policy champions, and organizers about JVP Action's critical work to end U.S. ...