Once pragmatic allies under the geopolitical pragmatism of the Shah’s Iran, the two nations are now locked in a theological and strategic standoff with global implications. Understanding this rivalry ...

Tobias Forge had long wanted to do an album set in the future. With Meliora, he had the tools and freedom to follow in the footsteps of his heroes in ...

Within the Catholic world and across denominations, there are many ways to build bridges and nurture communion ...

Friday the 13th is a day considered unlucky in Western superstition when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday. It occurs at least once every year and can happen up to three ...

Cicero, the Roman statesman and philosopher, was one of the earliest thinkers to articulate a theory of just war.

The national touring production of the musical comedy, at t Civic Theatre through Sunday, is still bitingly funny 14 years ...

Terrifying, powerful, and unforgettable—donghua villains like Chen Shou and Lin Langtian are the strongest the medium has ...

Perhaps, then, the deepest truth is that there are many truths, each shaped by the vantage point of the observer, each ...

The eruption of Israeli violence is not read as the collapse of moral restraint after unspeakable trauma, but as a ...

The killer robot is far from a simple villain. It is a mirror held up to cultural questions we have about human autonomy and ...

The purpose of this brief observation is to invite discussion. In my understanding, the problem of semantics can be somewhat overcome by attending to the definition of terms used to discuss a point. I ...