In Beirut, many entrepreneurs have decided that there are rich rewards in opening entertainment venues catering to Shia clientele. Even Hezbollah is getting into the act.
The near total neglect of the two million refugees that have fled Iraq since the American intervention in 2003 may have silver lining: at least they haven't wound up trapped in a UN refugee camp for years—or generations.
There's a reason why some jokes are okay and others are offensive. Figuring it out, though, isn't always so easy.
The glittering new seven-story steel and glass Newseum, built for $450 million, will impress some visitors looking to find the inside scoop on the news. But since it was built by many of the nation’s leading media organizations and dynasties, don't look for too many exposés.
Irène Némirovsky's posthumously published novel, Suite Française—based on her own experiences in France during World War II—received enormous critical acclaim, but it also brought attention to her virulently anti-Semitic writings. Oddly, Némirovsky was herself a Jew, who perished in 1942 at Auschwitz.
The next president will need to make some critical decisions about science, and many of them will have to be made quickly.
Are seniors really better shoppers? A new study confirms that they are, and their secret is relatively simple: they substitute time for money.
Buffalo is just the latest old, cold city where urban fortunes seem stuck in reverse. A Harvard economist suggests that federal dollars should not be spent on bribing people to stay in such places if they don't want to. Better to prop up struggling individuals, and let Buffalo aspire to be a smaller but more vibrant community.
In India, companies routinely assess applicants by considering the educational level of the parents, the employment history of brothers and sisters, and whether the applicant lives in the city or the country. The process often leaves many outside the meritocracy.
The war on terror isn’t America’s first battle against an amorphous Muslim “quasi-state.” Early in the country's history, it tried to quell the Barbary pirates. It eventually succeeded, but it wasn't easy.