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• Are Drone Strikes Ever Justified?

  By H. David Baer on July 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  I have a friend in the human rights community who likes to point out that “Barack Obama has launched more drone strikes than any other winner of Nobel Peace Prize!”  To be sure, the use of drones is problematic, but… Read More ›

• Hungary’s Animal Farm

  By H. David Baer on July 4, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  In November 2013 I delivered a paper at a conference of the Universal Peace Federation held in the Parliament building of the United Kingdom.  The title of my paper was “All Animals Are Equal, But Some Animals Are More Equal… Read More ›

• A Very Scary Catacomb

  By H. David Baer on July 3, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  The city of Palermo, located on the northwest coast of Sicily, has a long and fascinating history.  Originally an ancient Phoenician colony, it was later ruled by the city of Carthage before it became part of the Roman Empire.  In… Read More ›

• Putin’s Designs on Europe

  By H. David Baer on July 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  Here’s what I think about the situation in Ukraine.  From a recent issue of The Cresset.

• My Book on Hungary’s Religion Law

  By H. David Baer on July 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  A vallásszabadság védelmében / Essays in Defense of Religious Freedom. Budapest: Wesley János kiadó, 2014. This is the title of a new book I’ve published in English and Hungarian about a Hungary’s law on “religious freedom and the legal status… Read More ›

• Expert Opinion on Behalf of Hungarian Pentecostals

  By H. David Baer on July 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  I recently submitted an expert opinion in support of a legal petition filed in Hungary by the Church of God United Pentecostal Church.  Church of God in Hungary is affiliated with United Pentecostal Church International based in the United States. The… Read More ›

• Ethics Bowl Team Wins Trophy

  By H. David Baer on July 2, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  TLU’s team takes second place at Texas Regional Ethics Bowl in San Antonio and qualifies for the national competition in Cincinnati!

• Ode to Vanilla

  By H. David Baer on July 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  

  Summer has always been the season for ice cream. And we’ve made a lot of progress on that front in recent years. When you go to an ice cream store nowadays you can choose from a thousand flavors combining tastes… Read More ›

• Testimony for the US Helsinki Commission

  By H. David Baer on July 1, 2014 • ( 0 )

  In March 2013, the U.S. Helsinki Commission held a hearing titled “The Trajectory of Democracy: Why Hungary Matters.”  I was solicited to submit written testimony on the condition of religious freedom in Hungary.  Afterwards my testimony was made available on… Read More ›