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Superficial. Fascinating word! For starters, its undulating sound intimating its Latin roots invariably creates a sharp contrast to the dominant monosyllabic thrust of most Anglo-Saxon words....

Caught on paper For child survivors, drawing is therapy—and a tool of justice From the trials of Nazis to the genocide in Darfur, children’s sketches have...

I’ve been immersed in such awful and disturbing news over the past few days that I needed to do an ostrich act. It’s escapism...

Imagine a crisis-ridden, middle-aged poet/political animal being given a VIP tour of Hell by one of the most sagacious voices of Classical Antiquity. At...

Trending ‘fragility’  especially the message that it is a source of strength rather than failure and therefore, not to be glossed over or be...

Anyone looking at a Christmas crib or Nativity Scene is immediately struck at the stark poverty, simplicity, and humility in which Baby Jesus was...

Did you ever feel the frown of a ghost gently admonish you with a look that spoke much more than two or three words? It...

There is a universal perception of meditated and/or striven for completeness in the number seventy that transcends time and place. Which is why this...

 A vicious pack of banshees. This is what a northeast wind at gale force sounds like. Occasionally, Malta certainly gets hurtled and hurt by this...