The President rsquo s first trip overseas is drawing to a close with his visit to Turkey today It is difficult to over-state the differences between Mr Obama rsquo s place on the world stage and that of his predecessor although partisans on both sides will do their best to achieve precisely that

When I ride the subway to work in the morning usually the announcements of the train conductor are either just-the-facts-ma rsquo am basics or incoherent grumbles nbsp But every once in a while if we catch just the right train we straphangers are greeted by a quiet steady voice somehow both

Our plane touched down in Peru late at night so on the bus ride to Canto Grande the neighborhood in which we spent our spring break I was able to see only the outline of the mountains against the black sky scattered with some light bulbs ascending up their slopes It wasn rsquo t until the hot m

The Society of Jesus in Australia runs a free online magazine like America called Eureka Street which covers affairs both local to Australia and international nbsp Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ is their consulting editor and a theologian teaching at the United Faculty of Theology in Melbourne nbsp

Last week Australian news program ldquo The 7 30 Report rdquo had an extensive interview with Australian counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen Kilcullen has been an important advisor to both the Bush and Obama administrations on military policy in Iraq and Afghanistan and is considered one

Tomorrow leading Senators will hold a press conference with groups ranging from Human Rights Watch to the Chamber of Commerce to announce a renewed effort to lift or at least ameliorate the worst restrictions of the boycott of Cuba Catholics should applaud this effort When the economic boycott an

What can the letters of Graham Greene tell us about the man?

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The demise of the cult of self-interest

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez on reducing extreme poverty