Published Date: August 13, 2013 | Topics: Civil Rights and Liberties, Foreign Policy and International Affairs, Religion
On Sunday, August 11, Pakistan will celebrate National Minorities Day, giving recently-elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif his first formal opportunity to recognize the value of religious minority communities to the nation. Created in 2011, this day is a bittersweet irony for Pakistan. On the one hand, it recalls the inclusive and tolerant vision of the […]
Published Date: September 14, 2011 | Topics: Politics and Current Affairs
By Robert George When Anthony Weiner resigned his congressional seat in a “sexting” scandal, few people thought that a Republican would be elected to serve the remainder of his term. Fewer still imagined that a conservative Catholic Republican could win. After all, the district (New York’s 9th) is overwhelmingly Democratic and heavily Jewish. It was formerly […]