Ruled by Hammurabi, restored by Nebuchadrezzar, conquered by Cyrus—this city in the heart of Mesopotamia was both desired and despised, placing it at the center stage of the dawn of history.

By DAVID CARLSON PASTOR This election season there is a drought of clear communication. Politicians on every side are notorious for dissembling like Mike McCurry, the ...

Columnist Will Sutton on Louisiana's Ten Commandments law: "One of the main arguments in favor of posting the commandments in ...

Lewis-Stempel focuses on Spaunton Moor in North Yorkshire, a managed grouse moor where predators are culled and heather is ...

Ukrainian pastors are appealing to American evangelicals who hold sway politically within the GOP .— an increasingly ...

Fennic’s symptoms, they said, “sound a lot like DID.”   Fennic still not been officially diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder – but when we spoke, they were convinced that they probably ...

Music has always been a powerful medium for conveying messages, emotions, and stories. Throughout history, many musicians ...

Robert McMillen speaks to Fintan Vallely about the recently updated version of his epic volume, The Companion to Irish ...

The college basketball world is mourning the loss of one of its most promising young coaches. University of South Florida ...

Seven years ago, the Church of Jesus Christ had 157 temples across the world. Now the countdown to temple No. 200 will be ...

In Black History Month, Ericcson Tinashe Mapfumo and Martha Mutikani celebrate the life and witness of Bernard Mizeki ...

The United States has brought hundreds of thousands of children from abroad to be adopted by American families. But along the ...