My friend Bruce, who’s now at Georgetown Law (where they’re doing a “Wear a Hoodie to Law School” Day today), shared this on Facebook and graciously allowed me to repost it. He said, “I think it’s important that people realize that this isn’t a public trial of [George] Zimmerman, but a response to another example …
Thirty years ago, on March 24, 1980, Óscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, human rights activist, advocate for the poor and the victims of the Salvadoran civil war, was assassinated as he closed his homily during Mass. I have these words of his written in my journal to serve as a reminder and encouragement to …
Yesterday, to commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (today), President Obama spoke at Vermont Avenue Baptist Church, where MLK himself had spoken some fifty years before. Excerpts: We gather here, on a Sabbath, during a time of profound difficulty for our nation and for our world. In such a time, it soothes the soul to …
Today is International Human Rights Day. Check out some of the issues still plaguing our world, thanks to DC Progressive. News The President accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo this morning. Miscellaneous Prof Rah has a good little Christmas shopping list. Are the naughties the best decade ever? Discuss.
Happy Monday!! Courtesy of Liz: Available here. News Barack presses for human rights in China. Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao continues his amazing run by beating Miguel Cotto. Health care The Senate rumbles forward on health care. And it’s not going to be easy. Not at all. Green Koalas are facing extinction! Miscellaneous Check out the …