From Envio magazine via Mirada Global Since 1997 there is in Panama a legally defined territory the Ng auml be-Bugl eacute Comarca of around 4 thousand sq km as the result of a long and bloody conflict A little over 110 thousand Indians from the Ng auml be and Bugl eacute peoples live in

Would you support water-boarding terror suspects under certain circumstances Fox News Chris Wallace asked those gathered on a stage in South Carolina last week at an event billed as the first Republican presidential primary Raising their hands to signify that they would support water-boarding wer

Christian minorities have endured brutal treatment in Egypt and Vietnam over the last few days Events in Egypt where an ultra-conservative Islamic group mdash emboldened by the new freedom delivered by the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak mdash has lashed out at Egypt s Coptic minority have been

Our apologies good friendsfor the fracture of good order the burning of paperinstead of children the angering of the orderliesin the front parlor of the charnel houseWe could not so help us God do otherwiseFor we are sick at heart our heartsgive us no rest for thinking of the Land of Burning Childr

This is the first in a series of blog posts called Readings As a subscriber to 15 periodicals I will share what I discover and maybe introduce you to a new author There s a news media phenomenon I call the ldquo give-it-a-week syndrome rdquo The story on Sunday may become a very different

The quote that jumped off the page for me in this lovely article about two friends who have taught for many decades in Catholic schools was this one comparing their experience to those of some of their public-school colleagues They love what they do and are offended by politicians who call themse