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Rights and Responsibilities

Rights and Responsibilities

Embed from Getty Images When a foreigner resides with you in your land, Do not harass him/her. You shall treat the Foreigner who resides with you no differently than the natives born among you; have the same love for him/her as for yourself; for you too were once foreigners. . . (Lv. 19: 33-34) It’s beyond comprehension but here are just a few facts to ponder in a very complex situation: Today there are approximately 11 million refugees and migrants…

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Can the Center hold?

Can the Center hold?

Embed from Getty Images   Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity.  (William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming) Written in 1919 after World War I the above is one of 100 most anthologized poems in English literature. CAN the Center hold? This is a question that keeps rising within me as we…

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