Archive for August, 2001

In Defense of MSF

By Edward Kim

Critiquing Medecins Sans Frontieres’ withdrawal from North Korea, Aidan Foster-Carter writes, “Speak out - but not get out.” But conspicuously he gives no examples of groups that have done this. The reason is because like Dr. Norbert Vollertsen those who have spoken out against the N. Korean regime’s abuses have always been kicked out […]

What Could Be Done to Save North Koreans

By Edward Kim

(Revised July 17, 2002)

In proposing these six practical and achievable means to helping North Koreans, I look to history for guidance and encouragement. In the 1970s, the Soviet Union had persecuted Jews and prevented them from emigrating to other countries. In response, groups like the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry took some of the […]

Obstacles to Achieving Goodness

By Dennis Prager, given in a lecture at the University of Judaism.
Mr. Prager is a nationally syndicated talk radio host and a bestselling author.
The first problem is absorption with the self.
The more you are absorbed with yourself, the less you can give. That’s why children are so selfish. We begin utterly consumed by […]