Pope Francis has told the United States and North Korea to deescalate their nuclear tensions, saying their ongoing dispute over weapons testing has become “too hot” and suggesting they might ask a third country to intervene and act as a…

“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father.
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The military end of ISIS could facilitate a trip to a place long desired by Pope Francis: Iraq. There they say that his presence could help the country in two ways: to strengthen the internal peace and to give value…

“The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to “create” rights. Rather they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government
from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.” Justice William J. Brennan, (1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court…

We have had antibiotics for almost a century, ever since Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. What would happen if we were suddenly exposed to deadly bacteria and viruses that have been absent for thousands of years, or that we have never…

“Complaints are every where heard from our most considerate and virtuous citizens, equally the friends of public and private faith, and of public and personal liberty, that our governments are too unstable; that the public good is disregarded in the…

Malaysia opened an Embassy in the Vatican that will “elevate relations between Malaysia and the Holy See to greater heights,” said foreign minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, who officially opened the embassy on May 9. During the visit, Anifah met…

“At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them to the same rules of conduct that are commands to the citizen.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis, (1856-1941) US Supreme…

May 12, 2017 will be the second time that the statue of “Our Lady of Fatima will visit the United Nations. May 13 is the 100th anniversary celebration of the Fatima apparitions. The first visit of the statue to the…

“The only shape in which equality is really connected with justice is this — justice presupposes general rules. If these general rules are to be maintained at all, it is obvious that they must be applied equally to every case which satisfies their terms.” James Fitzjames…

The chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Reiner Hoffmann, has spoken out for Sunday’s rest. The DGB is “very close to the churches,” he said. Sunday must remain free of work, except in areas such as health care…

“The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.” Thomas Bailey Aldrich, (1836-1907). Source: Ponkapog Papers, 1903
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