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The Republic and 'We the People'

We need to be conscious that political democracy falters if the government and the people do not care about others, about their ill health and misery, or about the fact that a particular community is ...
1. The Bible: The Foundation of Western Literary Consciousness 1. The Bible: The Foundation of Western Literary Consciousness ...
One of the most damaging confusions in Israel’s current public debate is the assumption that religious moral seriousness and secular ethical reasoning belong to opposing worlds. Religion is often ...
For nearly twenty years I have been writing a column for the Sunday Island. It has been a joyous ride for someone who is not a professional journalist, yet enjoying the thrill and enthusiasm of being ...
Pali stanza often recited at times of death. “Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honour of the ...