When the Nazis occupied Poland during World War II, they plundered a great deal of the country’s cultural heritage. The painting “St. Philip baptizing the servant of Queen Kandaki,” by Johann Conrad Seekatz, was among them. But the US recently recovered the painting and returned it to Poland.
Superstorm Sandy has suddenly thrust climate change into the middle of the presidential election campaign. Neither major party candidate has wanted to say much about the issue up to now, but there are real differences in their policies on climate change.