Prometheus Books – Amherst – NY pub 2014 – ISBN: 978-1-61614-948-2235 pages + Appendices, Chronology, Notes on Sources, and Index The author is an American journalist, who grew up in California as a politically active student, from a Jewish family, who protested against the Vietnam War. He gives a useful background on Syria since the…
There seem to be two widely held views about the right length for human life. On the one hand are those who believe in a loving God, who cares and provides for each human being. They believe in the Resurrection and a glorious eternal after-life for those who have followed the commandments of love. On…
“What Does Ukraine Think?” – published by European Council on Foreign Relations, edited by Andrew Wilson, Reader in Ukrainian studies at the School of Slavonic and Eastern European studies, University College, London, dated May 2015. 109 pages, plus brief details of the authors This booklet is divided into four sections, dealing with Politics and Identity…
I give below the text of a letter from Rev Donald Reeves, former rector of St James’s Piccadilly, and now Director of the charity called “The Soul of Europe”. The National conference he mentions is not yet fully funded “I am grateful for the generous coverage of the service at Westminster Abbey, recalling the events at…
I understand that 1541 death sentences have been issued between July 3rd 2013 and May 31st 2015. Of these, 570 have been confirmed with the approval of the Grand Mufti, and they are under appeal at the Court of Cassation. This court, however, cannot consider the merits of cases but only matters of interpretation of…
