Recently, the governor of Alabama made a speech in which he said that only Christians were his brothers and sisters. Right away he was assailed and had to have a meeting with Jewish and Moslem leaders and of course issued an apology for his statement reassuring everyone that he vowed to work with people of…

To be an immigrant is difficult enough, to be a migrant is a fate that is often at the forefront of my compassion. There are 250 million migrants in the world, usually in search of work, or safety or better conditions. They brave hardships foreign to most of us, in addition to conditions which bring…

It’s the beginning of the year, the wheels of commerce begin anew. It’ll be Valentines and St. Patrick’s, Easter and Mother’s day, and more all the way ‘til next Christmas. Thinking of it as a whole-yet-to-happen can make one dizzy. In between there’ll be disasters, accidents, unexpected deaths, new conflicts, old ones flaring up. It’s…