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In his 90th year, the indefatigable historian John Hope Franklin has written his life story. More than any other scholar, Franklin has made African-American history an essential part of American history.

Jorge Luis Borges the Argentinian writer of short elegant metaphysical fictional pieces wrote in 1957 A Manual of Fantastic Zoology In 1967 an expanded version was published under the title The Book of Imaginary Beings Two years later a further expanded edition appeared an edition that Andrew

In the Bible the two great attributes of God are justice and mercy While on the surface they may seem to be opposites they exist in a creative tension in which God rsquo s mercy generally wins out The Scripture readings for the Fourth Sunday of Lent remind us that God is indeed rich in mercy The

Nancy Sherman is university distinguished professor of philosophy at Georgetown University. The author of Stoic Warriors (Oxford, 2005), she is currently working with patients at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington. A few nights ago she spoke at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International

Silver Medal Losers?How to explain the disappointing performance of the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in the television ratings, the lowest since 1968? Perhaps this year’s Olympic hopefuls were simply too hyped. When everyone is touted as a future gold medalist, anything less is seen as a loss. Or

The announcement on March 3 that President George W. Bush had concluded a nuclear-supply agreement with the government of India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was alarming news. What remains of the nuclear nonproliferation regime was already under severe stress from North Korea and Iran. The

Fifteen years ago, one might easily have thought we were entering a new era of peace in the world. The Communist evil empire dissolved so quickly, without nukes or invasions, it seemed that swords might indeed be turned into plowshares. An apparently endless cold war ended. Peace dividends danced in