Mideast upheaval has State Department a-Twitter | Alaska’s final frontier feeling the heat | President praises mettle of Medal of Freedom honorees | Unions label Wisconsin bill an attack on labor | Aussies not sympathetic to Aboriginal situation
The reading from the Book of Leviticus instructs Israel to “take no revenge and cherish no grudge against any of your people.” In the wake of Egypt’s cyber-aided uprising, the U.S. State Department is using Twitter to prod Iran’s repressive leadership to let up on the Iranian people . . .
In encouraging his followers to go the extra mile and do the right thing even when harmed, Jesus explains in this Sunday’s gospel that the sun rises and the rain falls on all the children of the Creator. The harm from global warming falls on all of God’s creation . . .
“So let no one boast about human beings,” writes Saint Paul to the early church at Corinth in this Sunday’s epistle, adding, “the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God.” President Barack Obama nevertheless found good cause to praise . . .
The psalmist this Sunday urges us to “forget not” all God’s benefits. Decrying what they say is an attempt to strip them of hard-fought benefits, thousands of Wisconsin state employees descended on the state capitol building . . .
Though one might at times “have to reprove your fellow citizen,” the reading from the Book of Leviticus tells us not to bear “hatred for your brother or sister in your heart.” A recent poll shows the white majority in Australia is losing sympathy . . .
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) global food price index reached 231 points in January, higher than the previous peak of 213.5 reached in 2008 and the highest value recorded since FAO developed the index in 1990. Also, the World Bank's latest food price index is just three percent below its 2008 peak.