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From the blog of Micah Ben David Naziri at The Times of Israel

Author Contact Information: Girma Berhanu (Professor) Department of Education and Special Education University of Gothenburg, Sweden E-mail: Girma.Berhanu@ped.gu.se Introduction Ethiopia is in dire straits due to a peculiarly malignant state system called Ethnic Federalism. In existence since the early 1990s, it has been sold as a brave attempt at empowering subjugated nationalities and, to

After a decade of civil war, Syria’s border with Turkey is divided. Yet long-term stability will require a peace agreement that treats the border as an indivisible whole.

From a fallen angel to a bearded, red-hued man with horns (wearing his very own Nike Satan shoes, as reported in The Guardian) the Prince of Darkness appearance has been reinvented many times. The satanic figure of today is the result of centuries of art, literature and theatre, all sculpting a personification of evil.  To find out what the devil really looks like, All About History magazine spoke with Marina Montesano, professor of Medieval History at the University of Messina in Italy, and ...

Sometimes, like a diver passing through a thermocline, you feel more than know that a moral choice you are confronting is not routine but requires intentional deliberation. Your stomach churns; your throat tightens. This is what philosopher Rushworth Kidder describes as "crossing the moral thermocline." U.S. Navy (Justin R. Pacheco) Sub Menu

Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms Over centuries, human society has achieved remarkable progress. Just an example: only 3-4 centuries ago people went for fun to public executions, as they go now to football matches! Now death sentence is only practiced in very few countries. We have become more humane, more civilized, even more rational, but are we also acting more responsibly and ethically? Unfortunately, there is no simple, affirmative answer to this question. Namely...