Passover makes it especially clear: religion is not where morality comes from. This piece was originally published in FaithStreet years ago, but when I searched for it recently it was gone. So I’m reprising it here, slightly updated. It’s a bit of an antidote to my recent concession that religion can be useful. As an… Continue reading Why All the Dead Babies?
Author: Kate Cohen
God? No. Religion? Maybe a Little.
I need events that can’t be canceled. We don’t need religion any more to explain the universe. And we obviously don’t need it to tell us right from wrong. But it must be useful, or why would people hang on to it? This essay is about one of those uses. Read the whole thing here… Continue reading God? No. Religion? Maybe a Little.
Cooking for the Family Again
With one kid at college and one kid eating all her meals at school, I got out of the cooking habit this year. I still loved to cook, but I cooked mostly for dinner parties, cocktail parties, potlucks — occasions that assembled a more gratifying number of eaters. Suppers with my husband and the one… Continue reading Cooking for the Family Again
Making Us Behave
On laws that treat us like kids . . . for our own good. By me, in The Washington Post. Click here to read the whole thing. Note: My father pointed out to me that I mention two house rules in the piece (as you’ll see), but named only one, apparently violating one of his… Continue reading Making Us Behave
Yes, America Is Sexist
So We’d Better Vote for a Woman Do you want to vote for Elizabeth Warren or Amy Klobuchar, but are concerned that a woman may not be “electable”? Allow me to point out two things: (1) The primary is your chance to show who’s electable by voting for the person you want to elect. (2)… Continue reading Yes, America Is Sexist
The Oscar Speeches I’m Hoping For
A meditation on awards shows, by me, for the Washington Post. Read the whole article here. Read the rest here.
Things Aren’t Quite as We Had Hoped
By me, for The Washington Post. Read the whole thing here. Read the rest here.
What If We All Just Thought for Ourselves?
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Tiptoeing Around God Again
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In Praise of Hypocrisy
Do you fail to live according to your beliefs? You might not be a bad person. Read why in my most recent piece in The Washington Post.