Is America headed toward totalitarian rule?  The answer may be in the past work of Hannah Arendt.   Luis Dominguez will lay out the very precise meaning of totalitarianism in Arendt’s discourse and what her work  has to say about what has led us to this juncture.  He will also draw on her comments on work […]

Facing the truth inside of us -- emotional, psychological, and spiritual -- is essential to living a meaningful life.  What we do to avoid facing the truth creates unnecessary pain.  Marvin Skorman, a retired psychotherapist, will speak to us about being honest with ourselves.   He has been practicing  for 41 years. For 39 of those […]

Who is fighting structural racism in North Carolina?  Who is working to end mass incarceration, reform the bail system, ending youth confinement, and encouraging restorative justice (as opposed to punitive justice)?  EmancipateNC is the organization working towards those ends, and Dawn Blagrove will speak to us about this work.  She is the executive director of […]

EHST members and friends will discuss the charities they support.  With so many charities asking for our money, knowing how other members and friends of EHST may help you make decisions.   Visitors are welcome to attend.

American liberals love to promote and defend free speech without limits of any kind other than the obvious limitation on shouting “fire” in a crowded theater.  With the rise of the far right, neo-Nazi movements, as well as escalation of anti-semitism enabled by social media on a worldwide scale, should we re-consider those limits?  Germany […]