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The 50th anniversary of John Glenn’s orbital flight was just commemorated. Shortly afterward, in 1962, John F. Kennedy said America would “commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon...

To the EditorProfessor Richard Dawkins, biologist and atheist believes in evolution, without a God of course, but he “would abandon it overnight if evidence arose that disproved it.” He dismisses the bible, and all its stories, as man made....

ROATAN, Honduras -- Pristine Bay Resort and its Pete- and Perry Dye-designed Black Pearl Golf Course are ready to host the Central American Golf Championships, February 28-March 3.A field of 180 amateurs from six countries (30 each from Costa Rica, El...

Upstream, a male mallard, its green, florescent head glinting and almost glowing in the bright, late afternoon sunlight, stands in the middle of a washboard section of the stream, waiting.In a minute or two what he’s waiting for comes...

ONE OF the convenient fictions we live by holds that there are exactly 365 days in a year. In point of fact, the earth turns roughly 365 and a quarter times on its axis by the time it has completed a...

Probably the single greatest test of the so-called international community is whether it can prevent or stop genocide and civilian slaughter. By that measure over the last 20 years, the states that collectively comprise the United Nations have failed...

An international survey of the attitudes of the over 55s to the environment is being launched by a consortium of older people’s organisations, led by the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York (UK) and Simon Fraser University’s...

The soccer narrative in this country is littered with tales of promising young prospects who have snubbed Canada in order to play for other nations.The list is long, but some of the more notable names include Owen Hargreaves (England),...

Being Happy: Social and Natural Factors Are More Important Than Money (Especially in Costa Rica)It’s easy to find an online test that will purportedly tell you how happy you are. But how happy are the people of an entire...

Having essentially lost my 20’s in the ‘70’s and early ‘80’s to depression before it became pandemic in America, I’ve watched with growing dismay as the affliction has gone from a debilitating secret to a multi-billion dollar disease de...