Tag Archives: DHS

Concentration camps? Comparisons to Nazi Germany? Oh yes

Posted on June 26, 2019 by Naomi

Well, I’ve got to weigh in here with a repeat posting of a piece I published in October 2017 about Aristides de Sousa Mendes, because how he dealt with frantic refugees in southern France after the German invasion is pertinent … Continue reading →

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How is our species evolving? Weirdly

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: President Donald Trump removed top Department of Homeland Security officials amid their move to a new headquarters (in a building formerly called the Government Hospital for the Insane)… [Julian] Assange’s Ecuadorian citizenship had been suspended several … Continue reading →

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If we are a nation of law, what do we do about a bad law?

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Naomi

I’m working on an article about a greatly heroic man whose act in saving thousands of desperate refugees and immigrants centered on defiance of one of his country’s laws. Actually not a law, but an executive order. I think of … Continue reading →

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