As a user of pick one Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube Tumblr Pinterest or whatever has been invented as I rsquo m typing these words I make the following resolutions for the New Year 1 nbsp I will treat everyone with charity and give everyone the benefit of the doubt nbsp No matter ho

Cape Cod MA It rsquo s December 30 All of us I am sure are pondering the year past and looking ahead with varying degrees of apprehension to 2014 For me there is the added feature ndash fact apprehension ndash that January 1 marks the half-way point of my sabbatical Technically at lea

Every year at Christmas upon my return home I always make an extra effort to visit my alma mater My primary reason is clear to visit friends that I made amongst the faculty and staff when I was a student there and with whom I still try to keep close ties But I do retain a secondary reason for m

The second week of December was a rough one on the home front The Washington Post told us that beyond the massacre at Newtown 71 children had been killed by gunfire in 2012 In Colorado a high school student armed with a just-bought shotgun set out to get even with one of his teachers but shot t

Dear Readers As we mark the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord we here at America are especially mindful of the many gifts that the Lord has bestowed upon us this year We count you our readers and supporters first among them Thank you On behalf of the Board of Directors editors and staff

Oh loving God who out of love chose to save us to be with us to be born meek and lowly We celebrate your great gift of love by giving gifts to those we love As we give these gifts help us remember the people behind them the miners and harvesters who work in difficult and dangerous conditions th