Tag Archives: Human Rights
Grape-Nut Flakes: What I Learned from the Mosaic of Peace Conference
Grape-Nut Flakes. Eleven days in Israel/Palestine…eleven exhausting, eye-opening, life-changing days…so many defining moments, so many stop-dead-in-your-tracks encounters… And the take away? Grape-Nut Flakes. Let me explain. Put 110 Presbyterians in a hotel meeting room in Newark to prepare them for … Continue reading
Is Healthcare a Human Right?
And If So, What Difference Does It Make? Healthcare is a very good thing for governments to provide, whether or not it is a human right, because it is certainly a basic human good and is necessary for human flourishing. … Continue reading
Week 1: Healthcare and Christian Ethics
And Who Is My Neighbor?, James and Rachel Shepherd To begin, let us introduce ourselves. We are a newly wed 29-going-on-30, couple; my wife is a final-year seminary student preparing for ordination, and I am a Bachelor of Arts working at … Continue reading
100 Days: Guantánamo and Beyond
11 years of American Shame and Dishonor 100 days today — May 17 — marks a new and grievous low point in an unfolding tragedy begun in early February at the Guantánamo Bay military facility and detention center. At that … Continue reading
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