AMONG the four-character idioms that all Japanese schoolchildren must learn is kan son min pi (“respect officials, despise the people”). It defines the traditional relationship of individuals ...

We all are more than victims, persecutors, and rescuers. For individuals trapped in the drama triangle, there is hope. To find a therapist, visit the Psychology Today Therapy Directory.

Religious liberty is under siege around the globe. The newly released annual report of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom describes pervasive persecution. For instance, the ...

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In a sermon delivered before the Queen and the whole Synod, the Preacher to the Papal Household, Fr Raniero Cantalamessa, praised the Reformation, urged Christians not to remain “prisoners of the past ...

The most important test of a government’s legitimacy is whether it protects basic human rights, most obviously life and liberty. The foundation is freedom conscience, including religious liberty ...

There are many puzzling things about how “progressives” in the West view the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. To hear them tell it, progressives are advocates of human freedoms. Their core ...

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But some of them are cheering on the pitchfork persecutors or, as happened a lot during the days of the Hollywood blacklist, simply remaining silent. — John Fund is national-affairs columnist at ...

Martyrs always pray for their persecutors." To illustrate his point about modern martyrdom, Pope Francis drew attention specifically to Yemen, "a land that has for many years been afflicted by a ...

What Jimmy Lai’s Persecutors Fear the Most. The Hong Kong dissident refused to live by lies. Share. Resize. Listen (1 min) Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, now imprisoned, on Feb. 7, 2011.