When you're taught to never miss a beat, extenuating circumstances don't cover the void.

Whether it's assassinating insects in a yard or chronicling a typhoon, potency begs an audience.

In ancient Greece, cataclysm was larger-than-life, and work of the gods. Now it has accomplices.

The vast North Korean military has been preparing for 70 years for a ground war unlikely ever to occur.

Caveat emptor: A self-interested businessman-president doesn't come equipped with a moral gyroscope.

When it comes to Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump, look to the playground for explanations.

Donald Trump wanted a weaker dollar, and now he has one, thanks in part to Paris and Berlin.

Tell anyone you have an irreversible condition and cyberspace heralds will come knee-jerk to the rescue.

Rome in summer suggests a place that doesn't take easily to change, which makes it one smart season.

The death of former papal spokesman Joaquín Navarro-Valls elicits memories of "game-changing" events.

Worrying about a child's reversals, or "issues," can occasionally lead to too much tinkering.