Does death have a color?
A nine year old girl accidentally shot her gun instructor in the head with an Uzi submachine gun in Arizona in the US. Apparently parents teach children as young as 5 years of age to shoot. But there is no UN or Amnesty International r eports of children being armed in the US as there is about Syria ...
Plea From Mother of Steven Sotloff Was 'Brilliant,' Terror Experts Say
The plea was as calculated as it was heartbreaking - an American mother, pleading for the life of her own child, appealing to the power and ambition of the man who leads most feared organization in the world. Looking straight at the camera, Shirley Sotloff addressed the head of ISIS by his preferred ...
The fruits of dialogue?
The USCCB has reaffirmed its intention to continue to dialogue with particular Muslim organizations in the spirit of interreligious dialogue. While the bishops are certainly allowed to do that, I sometimes wonder what good is coming out of it. We have had said dialogue for 50 some years now. A lot h ...
Deaths Continue to Mount in Syria
Media attention in the Middle East has recently focused especially on ISIS and its brutal murder of an American journalist, attempted genocide of the Yazidis in northern Iraq, among many other atrocities. All this time, however, people also continue to die in Syria. The United Nations estimated this ...
Australia says it is willing to join US in air strikes on Iraq
A Super Hornet during exercises in Darwin this month. Photograph: David Said/AAP Australia has signalled its willingness to contribute Super Hornets to US-led air strikes in Iraq, with the defence force “at a high state of readiness”. The defence ...
