The current president has refused to state that he will give up the office, win or lose. Society Leader Joe Chuman will interview Todd Gitlin, Columbia University journalism professor, on his predictions for the election and its aftermath. This free-roaming interview will also touch upon other actions seen as a threat to democracy, and look […]
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Stitching Together the American Fabric
Tribalism, the enormous wealth gap in our society, and social isolation make people more prone to demagogic appeals to scapegoating as a malignant way to spur solidarity among the alienated.Read More
Loving Our Neighbor and the World: Cosmopolitanism and the American Future
With the deepening divisions in American society, politically, socially, and economically, perhaps the time has come to envision and to advocate for another way of understanding American society and American identity. In this platform address, leader Joseph Chuman discusses such a way.Read More
Democracy, Facts, Truth and Reason
By Dr. Joseph Chuman Reason is a value that Ethical Culture prizes most highly. That reason is a good seems self-evident. Yet reason is receiving a lot of battering these days and the consequences are ominous. On the personal level, abandon reason and we descend into a surrealist, Alice-in-Wonderland realm. We need reason to order […]
Loving Our Neighbor and the World: Cosmopolitanism and the American Future
By Dr. Joseph Chuman It seems as if Donald Trump is digging his base deeper but no wider. The Democratic constituency, by contrast, has become increasingly diverse. Over 87 percent of Republicans are white, while minorities, racial and ethnic, are finding a home in the Democratic Party. Moreover, 56 percent of women identify as Democrats, […]
Nationalism vs. Globalism
By Dr. Sylvain Ehrenfeld and Dr. Reba Goodman Demagogic nationalism is sweeping Europe and other parts of the world. Autocrats have been elected in Turkey, Hungary, Italy, Brazil, Poland and Donald Trump in the United States. Nationalist parties are gaining in Germany, Sweden and France. The British vote to leave the European Union is another […]
