This tiny website dares to hope. It wishes to contribute a mite to the struggle to preserve democracy and goodwill in the world. Some of our world’s griefs, however,
This week’s column will journey westward from Tibet to Iran via India and Pakistan. I begin with the Dalai Lama, who will turn 90 on Sunday July 6. As
We’re often told that more useful than “good” answers are new questions. If, as most of humanity hope, the Iran-Israel ceasefire lasts for a decent while, some of
“Anyone leading our world?” That in capital letters was the heading I gave two weeks back to my weekly column in this space. Last night, i.e. on Monday the
“Put yourself in their place and see their difficulties,” says the knowing one. “Dwelling on your sorrow and your difficulties as a dissenter is not just self-centered, it’s
On a page titled “TO LINGER WITH,” this website reproduces lines that seem to merit reflection, including a verse written by the 19th-century American poet, James Russell Lowell:
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Events and places compel attention, but the world can do with voices that insist on “Sanity first!”
The “America first!” slogan fetched clinching votes a few months ago for Trump,
Does the “friendly neighbor” exist anymore in international relations? “Y-yes,” some may hesitantly say as they welcome the EU-UK agreement to revive a few of the mutual favors
We are in an unpredictable and probably unstable moment, but I want to start by passing on the note of extremely cautious but pleasant surprise shared in a lead article
The following paragraphs were written but not posted on this site when word came that India has launched what it claims are “focused, measured, and non-escalatory” actions on “nine
Significant news this week from different parts of a world shaken by recent events includes the Liberal Party’s victory in Canada, which will be seen as an unanticipated consequence
In December 1936, a boy born in Buenos Aires to migrants from Italy was named Jorge Mario Bergoglio. At the age of 22, after becoming a chemical technician and working
