Maybe I’ve read too many John Le Carre’s novels, but what struck me about the recent spy saga was not the existence of sleeper agents but the human aspects of the outcome. Here are 10 people who’ve lived in the U.S. for a number of years, who had established lives, and who are now going…

We’re convinced that solving the stem of illegal immigrants is with walls, troops, deportation and as is the case in Arizona, arrest. New Jersey is trying another approach. The city of Trenton is issuing ID cards to undocumented immigrants. The photo ID cards come from a coalition of community groups who include churches, civic associations,…

There are those who feel virtuous going out of their way not to buy gas at stations supplied by BP oil. That in the end may not be where our energies could do the most good. We’re so busy blaming BP we’re blinding ourselves to facts we need to be conscious of. We’re forgetting that…