When viewing photo albums, or looking through old photographs with friends and family, it is likely that one will hear the phrase “A picture is worth a thousand words.” However, there are some images that show up here and there that don’t need a thousand words to deliver their message. Sometimes, just sometimes, a picture …
Tag: human rights
Apr 06 2007
Censorship in open fora?
Today I went down to Webster University in order to hear a Town Hall Meeting on the current state of health issues throughout the world. The keynote speakers were the Honourable South African Ambassador to the United States, Barbara Masekela, and the Associate Professor and Dean of Diversity at the Washington University School of Medicine, …
Nov 22 2006
Do NOT let them read about penguins!
Today in Children’s Literature we briefly discussed the new kid’s book that is apparently stirring up a lot of controversy. It is called And Tango Makes Three, and it’s about two penguins raising a baby penguin. You may be asking yourself, “what’s the problem with that?” Well, both of the penguins are male. Instead of …
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