Steve Saideman
The truly amazing thing of the time in which we live is that we have so much information, yet people buy the bullshit mis and disinformation. People are making incredible (as in unbelievable) claims, and people are buying them, doing so much harm.Of all of this, the most angering, the most...
Richard Rorty
This Jewish and Christian element in our tradition is gratefully invoked by free-loading atheists like myself ... The existence of human rights, in the sense in which it is at issue in this meta-ethical debate, has as much or as little relevance to our treatment of such a child as the question of...
johnalexwood
My talk covers my late father's personal account of the liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which he published in 2015 (above):https://www.amazon.co.uk/Liberating-Belsen-Concentration-Major-General-Nicholas/dp/1511541709/Church of Scientology LondonLewes Old Grammar School, LewesAnne...
Michael Neumann
Kenneth Roth, who was executive director of Human Rights Watch from 1993 to 2022, tells us that Syria "needs" the International Criminal Court, which holds its sessions at The Hague. His 'explanation' is more an insult and display of ignorance than an explanation.A few comments.First:Syria's...
Jon Danzig
Our poor and disadvantaged and those struggling to make ends meet – many in Britain think they should be helped rather than refugees.Refugees fleeing terror, war, and torture? We’re full. People here need looking after first. Charity begins at home. We don’t want them. We can’t afford them.Those...
Jon Danzig
Let’s get this straight: Human rights legislation is all about protecting ordinary citizens from excesses of the state – in other words, OUR GOVERNMENT.That’s why it’s important that the final arbiter must be the international court in Strasbourg because the European Convention on Human Rights...
Michael Neumann
Assad, a monster, has won. He has a firm grasp on all major cities and ports: Aleppo, Damascus, Hama, Homs, Tartus. He has enough control of even the most restive regions, the Daraa and Sweida Governates, to ensure his survival. His lack of control near the Turkish border is a mere annoyance....
DK
The Declaration of Independence is considered to be one of the most important documents in human history. Not only was it the seminal document in the political formation of the United States, it also was arguably the first time that a nation was expressly formulated with an understanding of the...
johnalexwood
Prof. Sean McNamara, Heather Gorniak, Eva Schloss MBE, Marta Miranda, John Wood. Photo credit: Steve Porter I was honoured to have been invited to an incredible evening at the Guildford School of Acting (GSA), part of the University of Surrey where I studied in the 1980s for my degree. Firstly,...