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In which we get to know our favorite writers better by exploring the sacred and mundane.

A year since his legal victory — and after six judges recused themselves — Richard Glossip is asking a new trial judge to release him from jail.

The U. S. president believes Russia “respects” him, but Kremlin-controlled media have turned him into a joke.

“None of this has been thought through very carefully, ” one official said of the plans, which upend long-standing restrictions meant to protect Americans’ privacy.

In Asheville, N. C, a housing crisis is colliding with a poorly understood health threat.

Michigan has been trying to shut down the controversial Line 5 pipeline since 2019. A technical question before the court may seal its fate.

Across the continent, soaring prices and stagnant supply have turned homeownership into a mirage for many young Europeans

New Delhi wants to play the role of a bridging power between the West and the rest.

Four former generals break down the risks of a U. S. attack.

Green campaigners and fire union warn of rising flood threat with ‘800,000 more homes at high risk’.

Little progress has been made in ending Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

Kyiv’s ambassador to Washington said a Ukrainian attack on Novorossiysk triggered the reprimand.

A sweeping draft law could test the balance between control and economic growth.

David Petraeus on the military options and intelligence likely being presented at the White House.

Washington is trying to build up Armenia and Azerbaijan as regional allies.

With a generational shift in power possible, the old guard is fighting back.

Rubio is wrong to cite it as the basis for the U. S. alliance with Europe.

The U. S. military’s intelligence sharing came as part of a new “counter cartel” task force focused on the U. S. –Mexico borderlands.

Not being a monuments person has determined the kind of writer I am. Two things are anathema to me: subjectivity, with its family members, psychology and self-expression; and historiography, whose household includes monuments, key events, and great personalities.

The continent’s economic strength and liberal values can be an asset in a multipolar world.