Heroin used to be a drug of the underworld associated with criminal types. Not any more. It is positively main street!

When the French parliament debated whether abortion should be legalized in 1974, the most rational and logical case presented was by Simone Veil, the Minister of Health.

Yitzak Rabin remains a symbol of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a process that many hope will never take place.

When you see a Muslim woman wearing a hijab, the headscarf, what does that mean to you?

When the former U.S. Poet Laureate read the phrase "frying pan of yourself/into the fire..." a young child in the audience gave a magnificent whoop. It was the perfect sound effect to punctuate the hot metaphor.

Count Basie and Duke Ellington, both phenomenal pianists, composers and bandleaders were fierce competitors. But not at the recording studio or concert hall.

What does it take to be awarded "The Best Restaurant in The World?"

As Broadway dimmed its lights for a minute on Tuesday evening in remembrance of this great soul and most unique voice of the theater, all those in the theater world understood that Friel's shoes will not be filled easily. And who better than the Irish Rep to honor him?

Would you seek employment in a foreign conflict zone if the money was enough to pay off your college loans and keep your family prospering back in the U.S., even though you would be jeopardizing your own safety?

In a land far away and a time long ago, a Welsh boy once celebrated the beauty of falling snow.