by Vinoth Ramachandra | Jun 5, 2012 | Opinion
The risen Christ revealed himself first to a woman, Mary Magdalene. Considering that a woman’s testimony was discounted in a Jewish court of law, this in itself weighs against the charge that the post-Easter accounts were fabricated by the Jerusalem church,...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | May 16, 2012 | Opinion
We should welcome Charles Taylor’s recent conviction by a U.N. war crimes tribunal. While president of Liberia, Taylor fomented violent uprisings in neighboring countries with the aid of brutal militias in order to extend his regional influence. It was during...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Apr 25, 2012 | Opinion
Two years ago, the American molecular biologist-cum-venture capitalist Craig Venter and his research team made a spectacular breakthrough. After years of painstaking work, they assembled in the laboratory a complete DNA molecule, consisting of about one million...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Apr 10, 2012 | Opinion
I found myself last week in the unusual position of defending in public the United States government. The latter was the prime mover behind a resolution by the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) calling on the Sri Lankan government to improve its human rights record...
by Vinoth Ramachandra | Mar 21, 2012 | Opinion
One of the most moving letters I received in response to my last blog post was from a retired professor of philosophy, now living in a small town in Texas. “I have never seen U.S. politics in greater decline,” he laments, “and characterized as much...
