Human Rights Vine's Archive

April 2011 - Articles & Seeds

Bryan Fischer: Muslim Immigration To The U.S. Is A 'Toxic Cancer'

TPM: "Conservative radio host Bryan Fischer on Wednesday doubled down on his "Muslims have no first amendment rights" comments from last month, this time arguing that the United States should "restrict immigration from Islamic countries." ........................."

German Intelligence Agency Still Keeping Secrets On Eichmann

Fifty years after Adolf Eichmann went on trial in Israel, Germany is still keeping mum on how much it knew before Mossad agents kidnapped the Nazi war criminal in Argentina in 1960.

Meaningful Free Speech Includes the Right to Offend

what's most disturbing about Lindsey Graham's dismal defense of his inclinations to censorship is the lack of even the slightest attempt to underpin his position with any kind of principle.

Rachel Was Wrong...

This is an email I've sent to rachel@msnbc.com: Bonjour, I live in France -- I have both French and American citizenship -- so I watch Rachel via podcast, always a bit late...

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Richard Goldstone recants. What price the Israel witch-hunt now?

In an extraordinary article in the Washington Post, Richard Goldstone has now admitted that his infamous report was wrong.

NC bill threatens to criminalize naturopaths, homeopaths, herbalists, midwives, aromatherapists as felons

Alternative health practitioners in North Carolina (NC) and their patients need your help to defeat a stealth bill that flew under the radar of most everyone in the natural health community.

Dear Women -- an apology from men (video)

Gay Hendricks, Arjuna Ardagh and a group of Conscious Men from around the world offer apologies to women for thousands of years of imbalance between masculine and feminine energy, as well as vision of a new era of co-creation.

Goldstone's Feeble Backtrack

In September 2009, it hit the diplomatic world like a tornado: Richard Goldstone, the respected South African jurist, issued a U.N.-sponsored report condemning Israel for "war crimes" of intentionally targeting civilians in Gaza.

Of the Cigar-End Finders. [Mayhew, 1851]

It would, indeed, be a hopeless task to make any attempt to get at the number of persons who occasionally or otherwise pick up cigar-ends with the view of selling them again.

Pastor: 'I preached against homosexuality, but I was wrong'

A recent poll shows a huge shift in American attitudes toward gay marriage, from a 32 percent approval in 2004 to 53 percent today. I am one of those people who changed their minds.

Ex-Somali Prime Minister To Be Deposed In U.S. Court For Alleged Abuses Against Own People

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) -- A judge has ruled that a former Somali prime minister who has been living quietly in the U.S. for the last 14 years can be deposed in a federal lawsuit alleging he oversaw war crimes and other abuses against his own people.

Lawyers Overcome County's Opposition to Win a Neglect Finding for a Mexican Abuse Victim

A heartwarming victory is only marred by the situation itself: one of the wealthiest counties in the U.S.