On a sweltering summer day in 2013, a single tweet from Tahrir Square sparked a global conversation. Armed with nothing but smartphones, Egyptian protesters captured the raw energy of a movement that ...

Thirty-one years later, Woody, Buzz, and the gang continue to impart wisdom to new generations of moviegoers. This time around, they remind us that Randy Newman’s iconic Toy Story anthem, “You’ve Got ...

What emerges it not the Washington of postcards or political mythology, but a richer and more nuanced capital.

There aren’t many big-name pop music performers who go on to become topnotch producers. Trent Reznor, Dr. Dre, Brian Eno, Dan ...

Robin Hood dies. A summer laugh-fest, this ain’t. For those who don’t fully recall the 15th-century legend, an English farmer ...

In my case, that discussion focused on telling an older parent that, based on what’s been happening with him, the rest of his ...

Ornate shops line Krahnstrasse, Osnabrück's main pedestrian path in the Old Town. I can think of three reasons why you ended up in Osnabrück, Germany: 1) Your car ...

Why are we loyal to a person, a cause, an idea? A complex concept, to be sure, especially for such a simplistic time-killer as In the Grey, the latest release from director Guy Ritchie. Ritchie ...

John Banville is a vastly gifted (and almost ridiculously prolific) author. With 23 novels to his credit—not including at least 10 so-called “Quirke” mystery novels—perhaps the most remarkable aspect ...

Margery Thomas-Mueller trained as an artist in Pittsburgh; New York; and Perugia, Italy. Never abandoning fine art, she worked as an interior designer for over 40 years, designing major commercial and ...

I ambled up to the Mary Day like an old salt, as if I had shipped out on schooners like her from Valencia to Valparaiso. Actually, I didn’t amble. I positively swaggered down the long dock. The only ...