On his recent visit to El Salvador, President Obama made an unannounced visit to the tomb of Archbishop Oscar Romero, archbishop of San Salvador who was murdered in 1980 during the Salvadoran civil war. It is widely accepted that his murder was planned and carried out by Robert D’Aubisson, a US-trained and paid political leader [...]

We are small. But we are not helpless. These are the feelings that flood through me as I watch the images coming from Japan over the last few days. An enormous earthquake, a devastating tsunami, and possible nuclear disaster have combined to create a sadness of 21st century proportions. (Photograph from The Sacramento Bee) An [...]

This past Thursday, I had one of those days that reminds me how hopeful the world can actually be. I spent the day at Oldfields School, in Glencoe, Maryland. Oldfields is a girls boarding school for students in grades 6 through twelve. I came as a Guest Poet, at the invitation of the chair of [...]