From Mary Valle an editor at the Killing the Buddha a thoughtful and hilarious look back at Bob Geldof s famous Christmas anthem As the story goes the frequently-belligerent Irishman slightly successful rock singer Bob Geldof saw a report on the BBC about ongoing famine in Africa and became so

From Mirada Global Our Latin America and the Caribbean appears with extraordinary strength for the creation of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States CELAC another mdash decisive mdash small step on the road of integration and unity of the rising regional sovereignty Today we c

My friend the Nation columnist Eric Alterman just gave me a copy of his new book Kabuki Democracy The System vs Barack Obama and analysis of how the weaknesses of the American political system have ganged up on the president and made it difficult for him to deliver on the promises of h

Last year I listed nbsp 12 things I knew at age 50 that I wish I had known at 25 Now I m a year older And if I m not wiser at least I m a bit more experienced So here are 12 really stupid things I ve done that I never want to do again Maybe you ve done some of them too But I ll bet we d both

If you rsquo ve followed Congress at all recently and who hasn rsquo t given the freak show that it is recently then like most Americans you probably hold a pretty low view of the legislative institution Now if you rsquo ve had some interaction with your own member of Congress you probably view

I was given as a gift a copy of Michael Casey s Fully Human Fully Divine Ligouri Press 2004 by someone whom I meet with regularly in spiritual direction He claimed he found the book a remarkable resource for his own prayer and reflection Casey a Trappist monk in Tarrawara Australia is