Ron Stief

Ron Stief is an author at Religion News Service.

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President Obama should visit solitary confinement cell to see true suffering (COMMENTARY)

By Ron Stief — July 15, 2015
(RNS) Thursday's prison visit is an opportunity for President Obama to expand and grow the legacy he hopes to leave as a criminal-justice reformer.

Ending our nation’s addiction to torture (COMMENTARY)

By Ron Stief — December 10, 2014
(RNS) For many in our country, including people of faith, and certainly for those in the back rooms of the entertainment industry, torture sells as an antidote to fear. But it doesn’t work.

COMMENTARY: CIA torture report ought to disturb all our consciences

By Ron Stief — April 15, 2014
(RNS) We can hope and pray that God forgives us for what our government has done in our name. We can also act to ensure that torture never happens again.
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