This June marks the 55th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City, a series of riots for gay liberation that took place over several days beginning on June 28, 1969. What began as a bold ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

One of the skills students need to acquire with increasing sophistication is the evaluation of information they read, obtain online, or are given. This skill is referred to in various ways, including ...

Key points Humility is not just self-abnegation but a conscious "quieting" of our impulses to better apprehend the world. People who exhibit humility show more curiosity and tolerance for ambiguity ...

Humility is lauded as a virtue in most world cultures and wisdom traditions. But I’m wary of those who counsel deferential or pious humility to contain and admonish those who have strong opinions and ...

Samantha Harvey’s “Orbital,” the 2024 Booker Prize winner, is not a novel about space exploration as technological triumph, but an ethical meditation on human ambition, fragility and perspective.