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by | Apr 6, 2024

George Orwell fought to save language.  I was blessed with a ninth-grade English teacher who assigned us not 1984 but…

by | Apr 4, 2024

I have spent my career in academic science and believe that merit and objectivity are essential guarantors of the scientific…

by | Mar 31, 2024

Last Good Friday, I visited the chapel of my church, conveniently located on the Florida island where I live. It’s…

by | Mar 30, 2024

In 1994, our family took its first international trip, going to visit family on both sides who lived in England….

by | Mar 29, 2024

When Pope Francis announced last July that he would create 21 new cardinals, longtime Vatican watcher John L. Allen Jr….

by | Mar 26, 2024

Ah, the United Nations is finally reacting to the atrocities of Oct. 7! First, the UN cleaned house. Its United Nations…

by | Mar 24, 2024

Does anyone else recall a U.S. military intervention launched to feed starving civilians that ended with dead American soldiers littering…

by | Mar 24, 2024

On Friday, Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution sponsored by the United States that was intended to…

by | Mar 23, 2024

It has seemed likely for several weeks that Israel would attack Rafah, reportedly the last holdout of Hamas’ forces, on…

by | Mar 23, 2024

The Berlin Wall was an emblem of oppression. Driven through the heart of a city, it spoke of immense and…

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