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Born Jan. 15, 1924 in the Bavarian town of Altoetting, Georg Ratzinger showed an early talent for music, playing the church organ at age 11. The family eventually settled outside nearby Traunstein in 1937, where he and his brother joined the seminary. During World War II, Ratzinger told The Associated Press in an interview that he remembered huddling with the blinds drawn with his younger brother and father listening to Allied radio broadcasts, because their father wanted them to know the truth about the Nazi regime. … [Read more...] about Retired pope’s elder brother, Georg Ratzinger, dies at 96

There is a long-documented tension between America’s global do-gooders, usually called liberal internationalists, and realists, those who believe that the world is a nasty, anarchic and lawless place where self-interest rules. Realists often say that their mantra is “seeing the world as it really is, not as one would hope it to be.” This tension is a polite one in my view, usually anyway. But the need to see the world as it really is seems to me to be fundamental even if working on important projects that help others and make the world a better place. Helping lesser-developed nations and their citizens can be an effort embraced by both liberal internationalists and also realists. The liberal internationalists are deploying American soft power and reaping good will and trust in return. But the realists are also calculating, appropriately, that COVID-19 infections that break out anywhere in the world — particularly lesser-developed nations where there is less than … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Rep. Khanna says President Trump threatening violence against US citizens; Trump terminating relationship with WHO

Some Canadian businesses want to let Americans back in. Most Canadians don’t. As restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus drag into a fourth month, some Candian business operators are pushing officials to consider ways to let at least some tourists in. Amid a general sense here that Canada has handled the coronavirus better than the United States, Prime Minister Justin TrudeauJustin Pierre James TrudeauHispanic Caucus asks Trump to rescind invitation to Mexican president The Hill's Coronavirus Report: Stagwell President Mark Penn says Trump is losing on fighting the virus; Fauci says U.S. 'going in the wrong direction' in fight against virus Trump insulted UK's May, called Germany's Merkel 'stupid' in calls: report MORE said in June there was “broad consensus” among provincial leaders to keep current measures along the 5,500-mile frontier in place. (Washington Post) … [Read more...] about The Hill’s Coronavirus Report: Stagwell President Mark Penn says Trump is losing on fighting the virus; Fauci says U.S. ‘going in the wrong direction’ in fight against virus