Recently, on different news websites, the same news has appeared: babies thrown away, discarded, and some found in random places to include garbage dumpsters. This causes a deep reaction of astonishment,Continue Reading
The United Nations Human Rights Committee recently affirmed abortion as a human “right.” While the United Nations is seen as a legitimate institution by many in the international community, itsContinue Reading
“Notions that had been held at the alter of religion have been dispelled.” This startling comment was one of many during a UNFPA meeting last week. The special session onContinue Reading
In junior high English, I learned about oxymorons. Oxymoron: “a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect.” So when I stumbled upon thisContinue Reading
It sounds like something one would read in a history book. Hundreds of thousands of people fleeing their home countries as refugees from war and persecution seeking safety and freedomContinue Reading
“With each blast of the gun, I thought I was going to die,” said Collins Wetangula, an eyewitness of the April 2 massacre at the University of Garissa in Kenya.Continue Reading
Three weeks after the United Nations’ Commission on the Status of Women, one panel still stands out to me. Maybe it was because, for the first time that I hadContinue Reading
Today one of the daily bible readings in the Catholic Church was from 2 Kings 5:1-15 in which Naaman, “the army commander of the king of Aram,” had leprosy and soughtContinue Reading
What if there was global threat that put 2.5 billion people at risk of disease or even death? It would seem like a fairly large threat that ought to beContinue Reading