World

Kurt Maetzig, master of German cinema

August 21, 2012 By Victor Grossman

An extraordinary filmmaker who made extraordinary films and lived to the extraordinary age of 101, Kurt Maetzig died August 8. But he was virtually unknown in the U.S.

Italy’s heritage for sale

August 20, 2012 By Tom Gill

Some 350 historic buildings in the capital and historic towns across the country are to be sold off.

What would Romney-Ryan Latin America policy look like?

August 20, 2012 By Emile Schepers

A Romney administration Latin America policy would return us to the same policies which brought about tens of thousands of deaths in Central America before.

Winds of change blow strong in Cuban colleges

August 20, 2012 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Many regard Cuba's success in making education accessible and socially useful to have been a prime achievement of the Cuban Revolution.

German wind farm delayed over possible danger to porpoises

August 17, 2012 By Blake Skylar

The 230,000-plus porpoises (and dolphins) in the North and Baltic seas use sound to navigate, locate prey, and find mating partners. Interference with that could, indeed, effectively kill them.