by Diane | Dec 16, 2020 | Ethics, Politics
What happens when we take freedom for granted? There was a time when many knew the poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemöller who was in concentration camps from 1937 to 1945, first in Sachsenhausen, then in Dachau. Niemöller had preached against the Nazi...
by Diane | Dec 5, 2020 | Ethics, Politics
“We are all human, aren’t we? Every human life is worth the same, and worth saving.” ~J.K Rowling I watch NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. During the pandemic he has introduced us to many “essential” front line health care workers who share their...
by Diane | Nov 29, 2020 | Ethics, Religion / Spirituality
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau recently commented on the tragic murder of a French teacher, 47-year-old teacher Samuel Paty, who had used the caricatures of the Prophet Mohamed as a teaching tool during a classroom discussion of free speech. He was beheaded.That...
by Diane | Nov 19, 2020 | Ethics, Politics
Alexis de Tocqueville wrote: “Without ideas held in common there is no common action and without common action there may still be men but there is no social body in order that society should exist and a fortiori that a society should prosper it is necessary...
by Diane | Nov 9, 2020 | Ethics, Politics
The 2020 election in America reminds us that elections must not only be ethical, they must be SEEN to be ethical. There is an expression in Hebrew, marit ayin, “how it looks.” Actions must not only be ethical and moral, they must be seen to be ethical...
by Diane | Oct 24, 2020 | Ethics, Politics
We need a truth and reconciliation commission about the handling of Covid, the Chinese Virus. Have crimes against humanity been committed? There are 7.8 billion people on this planet. Since the virus was unleashed last November/December, approximately 1.5...
