Reversing one of the most contested court decisions in Greek history, the Supreme Court posthumously acquitted six top politicians and soldiers executed nearly 90 years ago for a crushing military defeat that indelibly marked modern Greece.

IN the very first poem of his beautiful new book, Theo Dorgan declares his loyalty and his aesthetic impulse:

NOT TO belabour the pun but it can be said, in this summer of 2008, that the elements are an element of every conversation.

Pope Benedict XVI called divisions among Christians a “scandal to the world” and recalled the faith's deep roots in Europe at a joint ceremony in Istanbul today with the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians at his ancient enclave.