[Image credit: https://existentialcafe.blog/2020/06/23/am-i-a-bad-person-examining-the-importance-of-knowing-the-difference-between-guilt-and-shame/] Gisèle Pelicot, a French woman, was drugged and raped by her husband, Dominique Pelicot and numerous other men recruited by him for over a decade. The trial took place in Avignon from September 2 to December 16, 2024, and ended with 51 verdicts, including a maximum sentence of 20 years for Dominique …
by Calvin Mouw 
Women and families from states with abortion restrictions, including Hadley Duvall, right, speak during the first evening of the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Chicago. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2024/08/21/abortion-ivf-dnc/ In the past one always got the impression that the Democratic Party’s message on reproductive rights was a bit muted. Now it appears …
by Calvin Mouw 
When I go to work out (be kind), I walk past a house where an excerpt from this quote below is painted on a chair in the front yard. The quote is from Kurt Vonnegut’s fifth novel, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater. Eliot Rosewater is talking to his wife Sylvia about how he must baptize …
by Calvin Mouw 
A Fact-Finding Organization Operating in a Narrative World On August 4, 2022, Amnesty International published a report that claimed Ukraine “put civilians in harm’s way by establishing bases and operating weapons systems in populated residential areas, including in schools and hospitals….” It goes on to claim that “Such tactics violate international humanitarian law and endanger …
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