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 ...

The greatest casualty of our education system? Poetry. Either you’re from an older generation and you know a few lines by ...

Poetry, perhaps more than any other genre, shows us how important it is to connect with a real human presence.

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...