A LETTER FROM HRI’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BILL HOLSTON December 10 is Human Rights Day. It celebrates the day when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted. The very first article is: All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and …
Are We Still That Nation? The #MuslimBan
Do you remember 9-11? Of course. Extremists who claimed to be acting as Muslims committed a senseless act of terror. Thousands died. Do you recall what President Bush said about Muslims days afterward? “The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That’s not what Islam is all about. Islam …
The Heart of Darkness
October 28, 2016 the Congo When Francis Ford Coppola wanted to write a nightmarish screenplay about the war in Vietnam, he looked for inspiration in Joseph Conrad’s novel, Heart of Darkness. The novel is based on Conrad’s early 20th century experience exploring the Congo. It paints a bleak picture …