Professor Alston presents a fundamental challenge (¶¶8-9) that is well worth considering dispassionately in this passionate age: If we are to remain true to core U.S. values--that civil and political rights are the foundation of all human rights and from them flow the scope and protection of social, economic and cultural rights (including the rights to and of religion)--then to what extent have we as a political community well undertaken our responsibility to ourselves and our progeny to… [read post]