World Affairs

In these times, the term sustainable development is being applied to nearly everything from energy, clean water, construction, to economic growth As a result, it has become increasingly difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind sustainable development or the way these assumptions are being put to use

Summer in Vienna is hot and humid As July, 1683 began, Hapsburg Archduke Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, had retreated to his estate at Perchtoldsdorf to escape the oppressive heat of the city

Wildlife needs to be protected throughout the world We need to leave enough of nature to pass along to the next generation

I was recently watching the news about the 26 November 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai Several terrorists had entered Mumbai, India from the sea route and had attacked the Taj Hotel, Oberoi, Trident and a building called Nariman House at Colaba

Lately, the news has come in flooding waves for me The election, bailouts, and endlessly horrible employment news have washed over me, and left a sort of numb feeling in place of my usual optimism

For the most part when it comes to commemorative coins the United States Congress authorizes commemorative pieces that lionize and honor American individuals, places, events, and institutions Although these coins are legitimate tender, they are not coined for common circulation instead they are merely coined as "art"

She was not born a countess On the contrary she came from solid bourgeois stock

Philipp Baron von Boeselager made no claim to be a hero – despite his Knight’s Cross and other lesser decorations for bravery he had received during the war Others have begged to differ

She was a quiet, unassuming woman, apparently the perfect "Hausfrau" – housewife – to a famous man Her husband Eberhard Bethge was famous because he had been Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s closest friend, his confidant and his disciple

“The survivors of a failed coup are never its heroes,” Axel Baron von dem Bussche told me the first time we met, but by most standards Bussche was a hero At the age of 24, while a captain in the German Army, Bussche agreed to carry out a suicide-bombing against Adolf Hitler