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Same Sex Marriage

By Ron Merk This is not a political message. Human rights are not about politics. They are mostly impeded by ignorance or outright mean thinking. So, it was good news to hear [...]

February 7, 2015

From a Brave Journalist in Turkey

By Ron Merk I have a good friend in Turkey, and he has a close friend who’s a journalist named Ece Temelkuran. She has been hassled by the Turkish government for more [...]

July 28, 2013

Raising a Red Flag

By Ron Merk It has never been my object in the pieces that I write to be “political” as that term is generally understood, but instead to offer my opinion on a variety of [...]

July 28, 2013