Yesterday, a report was released that documents new evidence of crimes against humanity by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria: “…a huge cache of evidence smuggled out of the country showing the “systematic killing” of about 11,000 detainees, according to three eminent international lawyers… Most of the victims were young men and many corpses were emaciated,… Read More New Evidence of Assad’s Crimes against Humanity
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Raw Deal: Our Pain, Their Gain by Michael Stafford: “The great task that has been set before us in the coming years is simply this- to break the power of the wealthy and make America’s government one run by and for the people once again.”… Read More Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Attacks on religion, liberty by Robert P. George and Katrina Lantos Swett: “It is both ironic and tragic that in this season of universal goodwill the Christian communities of the ancient Biblical lands should find themselves in grave danger. Let us stand in solidarity with them… Read More Around the Web
Conditions in Syria remain heartbreaking for anyone with a modicum of human sympathy, and the future looks dark, perhaps as dark as it has since Bashar Assad started murdering peaceful protesters. Over 7 million people have been displaced and perhaps 150,000 have been killed, according to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Assad’s forces have been… Read More Syrian Refugees and the Costs of Non-Intervention
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Evaluating the status of the Millennium Development Goals by Kevin Clarke, US Catholic: “There will be much more to do after 2015, but for the first time in human history a serious case can be made that extreme poverty and the degradations and suffering which accompany… Read More Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pot and Jackpots by Ross Douthat: “There are significant differences in the ways gambling and pot have won America….But both have been made possible by the same trend in American attitudes: the rise of a live-and-let-live social libertarianism, the weakening influence of both religious conservatism and… Read More Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: New Front in the Fight With Infant Mortality By Eduardo Porter: “Pregnant women, across the country and anywhere along the income spectrum, will for the first time have guaranteed access to health insurance offering a minimum standard of care that will help keep their babies alive.”… Read More Around the Web
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