President Obama brings the government into the 21st century

Got “March Madness”? Then you may be interested in what the commander-in-chief of the United States thinks about your favorite team’s chances in the 2009 NCAA basketball tournament: President Barack Obama, who can still go strong to the rim in pickup games, announced his NCAA picks just before leaving for California on Wednesday. In a [...]

Change comes to America with Obama.

“The world is watching. And how they approach and deal with people who are, through peaceful means, trying to be heard will, I think, send a pretty clear signal to the international community about what Iran is and is not. … This is not an issue of the United States or the West versus Iran. [...]

I am not one of those people who rejoices in etiquette. I’m someone who avoided a certain person at family reunions for about 15 years because I was certain I had forgotten to send them a thank you card after my wedding.  I’m committed to etiquette enough to feel guilty when I don’t do it, [...]

When both US president Barack Obama and Catholic Pope Benedict XVI advise you that your plans are a bad idea, that’s usually a good sign that you should think twice about what you’re doing. Terry Jones would be well advised to listen to their advice. His tiny 30 member group, ironically named the “Dove World [...]

The G8 leaders summit is an annual gathering of eight of the world’s most powerful government leaders. The purpose of the summit is to discuss important world issues, and besides the economy, the main topic of discussion seems to be the environment and climate change. US President Barack Obama is heading the Major Economies Forum, [...]

Science has contributed innumerable benefits to human life on planet Earth. We should be deeply grateful for the hard work of scientists who dedicate their lives to loyal study of this discipline and the advantages scientific advances grant us. Due to its success, there is often a tendency to think that science can explain everything. [...]