by Arthur Brown | Apr 20, 2015 | Opinion
Jesus’ teaching to love your enemy continues to confound the majority of humanity – even those who claim to follow Jesus. Throughout history, societies and nations generally depersonalize the enemy, categorizing them as “other,” representing...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 17, 2015 | Opinion
Genocide is a term now recognized worldwide, but the origin of the designation is not widely known. Raphael Lemkin began using the term in the 1940s to describe the Nazi efforts to exterminate the Jewish people. He “formed the word ‘genocide’ by...
by David Hull | Apr 16, 2015 | Opinion
Czar Nicolas II, who ruled Russia from 1894 to 1917, was walking in his palace garden one day when he found a soldier who was stationed as a sentry to guard that particular place. Confused as to why a soldier would be assigned to such a location in his garden, he...
by Colin Harris | Apr 15, 2015 | Opinion
Ethics is a realm of reflection that is usually not class-specific, though we often see ethical discussions focused on particular arenas of decision-making. Business ethics, legal ethics and medical ethics are a few examples. However, there are ethical challenges...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Apr 14, 2015 | Opinion
Bigotry lives, even on a college campus where one would think Christian values and progressive thinking would be the order of the day. About five years ago, I stuck a Human Rights Campaign “equal sign” logo on the door to my office, along with my...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 14, 2015 | Opinion
April has been set aside by several U.S. states as Genocide Awareness and Prevention Month. It was first designated by state resolutions in California (2010), Minnesota and Texas (2011), Georgia and New Hampshire (2014), and has become a national observance. New...
