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Raised as a Catholic when the Mass was in Latin, I was compelled to go to church six days a week (five times before school, once on Sunday, when it was a mortal sin to miss). One Sunday, as...

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – The number of children working in dangerous or illegal jobs fell 14% in the past 10 years in the Dominican Republic – a remarkable turnaround from just a decade ago, when the country was...

By James HollowayResearchers at the University of Texas say it is possible to hike the energy yield of solar cells by exploiting what they call a photon's "shadow state", doubling the number of electrons that may be harvested in the...

Humanity is the start of the race; I say Humanity is the mold to break away from, the crust to break through, the coal to break into fire, the atom to split. Robinson JeffersFittingly, at the end of this annus horribilis, I’m reading...

The global Occupy movement focuses on the 99%, but what about the poor 1%? Eating the rich won’t end starvation.They’re getting the negative focus, and should for the most part. Even so, have pity on the rich, if for...

Even as Iraqis celebrated the departure of the last American troops Sunday, the dangers left behind after nearly nine years of war were on full display. Politicians feuded along the country's potentially explosive sectarian lines and the drumbeat of...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – The growth of the Brazilian economy, together with the shortage of skilled labor, is attracting more foreign workers to the country.During the first half of 2011, a record 26,545 work visas were issued to...

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – The government is clamping down on businesses and individuals who defraud the state by failing to pay taxes.The government wants to curtail a runaway fiscal deficit that in 2010 was the highest in Latin...

Are the protests around the world, which even hidebound Time Magazine in America is featuring as ‘Person of the Year,’ auguring and catalyzing a global shift in consciousness?The mass movements directed at governments around the world (with even villagers...

The most difficult question in philosophy is called ‘the problem of evil.’ I have reluctantly explored the issue since first having been directly exposed to evil in the last year of the Soviet Union.But just what is it? Evil...