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An Armenian friend on Facebook alerted me to the tragic story of Kassab, Syria: On March 21, Sunni rebels violently expelled around 2,500 Armenian Christians from their picturesque and historic town. Early that Friday morning, Kassab was violently attacked, its churches desecrated, its families driven out. Since then, Al Qaeda-affiliated …

In “August: Osage County,” there is one hilarious scene amid a morgue-like set. The Weston family has gathered for the funeral of the father, who committed suicide. Chris Cooper’s character squirms through what is surely one of the most painful prayers every filmed: “Dear Lord, we ask that you watch …

America’s hospitals are doing a better job of keeping their patients safe from infection. New national and state data show a 20 percent decrease in infections from 10 different surgical procedures and a 44 percent decrease in bloodstream infections from the tubes used to give medicines, fluids, nutrients, or blood …

The bloodshed in Caracas over the past 12 days brings to mind the 2009 Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, where President Obama greeted Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez with a huge grin and a warm handshake. A couple of months later the State Department attempted to force Honduras …

President Obama nominated Hillary Clinton to be Secretary of State and she was confirmed by the Senate in January 2009. A tenure lasting less than five years would affect the lives of four American families forever. While traveling the globe during her time in office as Secretary of State, Clinton …

When our first son, Jeremy, was born, my husband and I decided to begin some special Christmas traditions. I told my husband, “Let’s buy an ornament for each year of Jeremy’s life. When he gets engaged, we’ll give them to him and his fiancée at their bridal shower.” The plan …

November 9th and 10th marks the 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the explosion of terror and destruction against German and Austrian Jews that signaled the beginning of Hitler’s genocide targeting the Jewish people. The account of the killing and the damage inflicted on those Jewish communities — including attacks on nearly …

Young love, foolish love, love upended by reality, love remembered over time. Haven’t we all known something like this? But as one grows older, one evolves and matures—as I did. I changed. I am no longer the girl I was when I was eighteen years old. But I am a …

The recent political deadlock and government shutdown, and the disastrous rollout of ObamaCare, show that something is seriously wrong in Washington, D.C. What’s going on? America is going through a transformation, on a scale that few people now realize. The last such fundamental change was from the rural and agrarian …

In 2010, Republicans took the House of Representatives by gaining 63 seats. They also picked up six U.S. senators and 675 state legislators, giving them control of more legislative chambers than any time since 1928. The GOP also won 25 of 40 gubernatorial races in 2009 and 2010. These epic …