As Israel followed up its remote bombings of communications devices in Lebanon with airstrikes on Beirut, the United Nations Security Council ...

Staring out from the $100 bill, looking more like a wise old uncle than Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin seems an easy guy ...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines festival thusly: a time of celebration marked by special observances; an often ...

The language barrier between me and everyone else created tension and discomfort. Seeing other students make friends and bond ...

The pure pastime of flying kites then became a mode of protest against the injustice and tyranny of foreign rule. During a ...

As I get older, I notice that a number of my friends are spiritual or religious. With my Catholic school background, I often wonder: why don’t I have those fine traits? Maybe it goes back to 5th grade ...

Poet, essayist, and political commentator Farhad Mazhar said that youth have the right to form a new political party. Mazhar ...

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Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike is a Nigerian poet, fiction writer, essayist, literary journalist, and academic. An alumnus of the International Writing Program at Iowa, Umezurike is a recipient of the Jam ...

Ronald Reagan’s fans often recollect him as portrayed in the recently released film “Reagan”: a one-time athlete who enjoyed ...

The respected poet was among the culture and art luminaries who were given the Gawad medal for their significant ...