George Santayana

Obama's Lack of Credibility Undermines His Initiative on Genocide Prevention

Harut Sassounian | Posted 10.11.2011

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Harut Sassounian

For his new super agency on "Mass Atrocities" to have any credibility, Pres. Obama should stop playing political games with genocide, recognize previous "Mass Atrocities", such as the Armenian Genocide, and draw appropriate lessons from them.

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The Professor in Me

Neil McCarthy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Neil McCarthy

I am teaching a college class at the end of March. The class will be at a small Catholic liberal arts college in western Pennsylvania. What will I say to them?

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Books That Crush Intolerance

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michael Henry Adams

With a nod to Santayana, many feel that history's greatest lesson is the ability it can afford one to travel back in time, to discover one's self, in ...

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