Disillusioned by politics, I read these books to get out of my slump. The Washington Post’s longtime book critic Michael Dirda took a break from reading, then delved into some favorites and new ...

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Forget James Bond. George Minden was the real thing. A Romanian aristocrat by birth, he could have spent his days in manor ...

A presidential road trip, the life and soul of a river, Saudi Arabia’s future and more.

IF YOU have been reading this column or followed my tenure in the New Hampshire State Senate, then you know that I care ...

According to the Center for Okinawan Studies at the University of Hawaii, there are estimated to be between 45,000 and 50,000 persons of Okinawan descent living in Hawaii — about 3% of the ...