The UN’s International Law Commission currently has on its agenda an item concerned with protecting the environment in times of war. The commission has drawn up 28 draft principles, the purpose of which is, according to Principle 2, “enhancing the protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict, including
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Politics and its Discontents: A Friday Evening Thought
I came upon this excerpt of a much longer poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on Owen’s blog this morning in his Daily Literary Quote section. … Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God; But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,… Imagine the world if
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