Results for “Human Dignity Institute”

…sts there will continue, with the U.S. bearing partial responsibility. The White House’s uncertainty can be measured in human lives. The Syrian protesters are right in not pursuing their salvation in Washington, let alone Brussels, Paris, or London. This is not an American admin...

…iety of colors; at the low end of the frequency scale we see red, higher up blue and, at the top, violet. At this point human eyes give up and cannot see anything higher, so ultraviolet light is invisible to us. Bees, on the other hand, can see a long way into the ultraviolet spe...

…mpr Psychiatry, 51(2), 130-134; Bukholtz, J.W, & Meyer-Lindenberg, A. (2008). MAOA and the neurogenetic architecture of human aggression. Trends in neurosciences, 31(3), 120-129; Derringer, J., Krueger, R.F., Irons, D.E., & Iacono, W.G. (2010). Harsh discipline, childhood sexual...

… I have been accused of favoring censorship. (More on these issues later.) When I have insisted on neutral standards of human rights, articulated with clarity. I have been accused of being a special pleader for Israel. The reality is that neutral standards and public accountabili...

…that someone can drive, drink, vote, kill, run for president, marry, and die as a penalty for crime, it has constrained human behavior based on a statistical evaluation of psychological capacity. In each case, our assignment of age-appropriateness indicates that we believe the pe...

…turing a group of effusive local journalists, students, and faculty. The format allows her to promote civil society and human rights without getting in the face of the country’s leaders. Often a questioner will refer to her in fractured English as “President Clinton.” In Asia, th...

…ust outrageous how they minimized his crimes and devalued his victims by calling them prostitutes,” said Yasmin Vala, a human rights attorney and executive director of Rights4Girls, which is working to end the sexual exploitation of girls and young women. “There is no such thing...

…noted that there was a capital case. I told him that Jewish law permitted violation of nearly all religious precepts if human life was at stake and recommended that he call the rabbi of his congregation. The rabbi confirmed my view and told him to sit only on that case. He did an...

…horitarians works to protect mutual interests at the United Nations and other inter- national forums, subverting global human rights stan- dards and blocking precedent-setting actions against fellow despots. With the formation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Russia, Chi...

… after the picture was taken, the ship exploded and caused what is still known as the largest non-nuclear explosion in human history. Over 5,000 people were injured and 468 died in this 1947 tragedy. #24 Soviet Soldiers Harassing A German Woman HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020690

…ip with the Orthodox Church to present itself as a champion of “traditional values,” and to portray opponents—including human rights activists and European democracies—as purveyors of hedonism and immorality.’ . Propaganda offensives: The Kremlin has made powerful use of Russian...

…a retired FBI agent who investigated and studied child sex crimes for 40 years. “We want to hold children to some superhuman standard because they behave this way. In reality, police, prosecutors and judges have to understand that children are not all angels from heaven. They ar...

…s and psychologies and even the biochemistry of our brains. To be disconnected, in so many senses, hurts. And while the human twitch for freedom remains as alive as a protection for us all, Hayek's second safety catch is eroding. Networks of deep connection, speed and intelligenc...

… virtually the entire IR profession and the major journals, even though such extraordinary irrationality leads to major human disasters. On Davis, I frankly think that's a non-issue. If she decides she cannot do her job as the conditions of employment require (including following...

…or they break the law (Sam Waksal, Martha Stewart.) You don't tend to get to the top by being the world's most balanced human being. Even the folksy Warren Buffett didn't quite manage a normal life —whatever that is. He had a second "wife" for many years whose existence he has be...