It's an ill wind for the future of the region a key player seems so indifferent to the consequences of its action in sowing sectarian division.

Protests and other forms of public pressure may be the only way to bring some measure of justice to victims of police violence.

Own good fortune seems to have made us not generous and confident but anxious and apprehensive.

Mila opened my eyes to stubbornness as a character trait.

Righting a social wrong seems a fine way of keeping faith with someone gone, but there are many other ways people discover.

A remarkable spirit of fraternity reigned in Kansas City on Tuesday. Young and old, black and white, city-dwellers and suburbanites came together to celebrate their team and their city.

The presidential debates tell us a lot about the candidates’ personalities, but watch enough of them and you can also find some striking and unexpected statements about policy.

The longest running embargo in modern history has manifestly failed.

'Every time I do the play, I revisit the whole thing. I get to re-experience it as a different person, as an older person, hopefully as a more mature and wiser person.'

The influx of refugees to Europe is becoming a defining crisis of our time.