By George Handlery.

As a citizen of the world the American reader is, even if he is not conditioned to register the matter, is effected by the topic to be discussed. The lack of concern might have an additional cause. It is the good fortune of the American double continent that it has managed to avoid all-absorbing border conflicts and self-destructive territorial-ethnic disputes.

By Santiago Trillo.
The United States is still derided as a “young”, “inexperienced” nation -as opposed to the “wise”, “experienced”, “cultivated” Europe- or, worse still, made responsible for all that is evil in the world, from poverty to global warming, from terrorism to financial crisis. This is the price America pays for being the most successful [...]