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Weekly Newsletter
Covering the Intersection of Religion and Global Politics
Providence Week in Review
Harry, Eleanor, and the Dawn of Universal Human Rights
By Elizabeth Edwards Spalding
In 1946 when the prospects for what would become the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) appeared dim, President Harry Truman appointed Eleanor Roosevelt to a position where she could promote universal human rights.
Looking Back at the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
By Daniel Strand
"Unlike contemporary critics who see individual rights as insufficient to ensure justice, Roosevelt and the drafting committee strategically chose individual rights because they sought to extend the reach of the declaration’s claims as far and as wide as possible."
The United Nations — Its Challenge to America
By John Foster Dulles, originally published by Christianity & Crisis, with an intro by Mark Melton
This speech offers the future Secretary of State Dulles’ insights and recommendations for how the US should utilize the newly established UN.
Don’t Deny Natural Rights: A Review of Nigel Biggar’s What’s Wrong with Rights?
By Aaron Rhodes
Today any serious book searching for the meaning of rights, natural rights, and human rights is welcome, but in What’s Wrong with Rights? Biggar seems preoccupied with a straw man—the claim that rights are absolute.
America’s Religionized Politics
By Mark Tooley
Mark Tooley responds to Shadi Hamid on America's increasingly religionized politics.
New START Extension Does Not Change Great Power Competition with Russia or China
By Rebeccah Heinrichs
When judging whether Biden was wise to extend New START, Americans should remember the nature of our adversaries and the myriad ways they might implement their agendas.
Democracies and Dirty Hands
By Mark Tooley
What are the moral and spiritual implications of the US not directly sanctioning the Saudi Crown Prince for killing Jamal Khashoggi? The US non-response to the Soviet WWII Katyn Forest massacre of thousands of Polish officers may be instructive.
North Korea Should Face Consequences for Expanding Political Prison Camps
By Luke Kim & Olivia Enos
For years the international community has decried violations of human rights inside North Korea’s prison camps. Their recent expansion increases the need for the US to address human rights issues in North Korea.
Bortchen: Grey Zones, Living Like Lions, & Inspector Javert
By Marc LiVecche
Marc LiVecche offers his observations about hostilities short of war, "Once an Eagle" and the importance of duty, and what Inspector Javert can teach us about moral injury and right belief.
Marksism — No. 39: Barth, Bonhoeffer, an Ayatollah, and Ethics
By Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche
The editors discuss recent content, including an interview with Joshua Mauldin about Karl Barth and Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Paul Marshall’s piece on the Ayatollah Sistani,. and finally, Marc LiVecche's article on integrity.
Marksism — No. 40: Natural Law, Natural Rights, and Relations with Saudi Arabia
By Mark Tooley & Marc LiVecche
The editors discuss recent content about natural law, natural rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and how the US should respond to Saudi Arabia’s crimes.
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