The quirky story of a Rome school's desire to go solar has a light of its own.

Fiction's concession speech puts an end to history as literature or opera.

When seeing is believing and speech is infinite what do you do for an encore?

North African leaders are discovering that old-school nationalism no longer works.

Shrewd and thick-skinned, Silvio Berlusconi continues laughing at embarrassment.

Twenty-first century America puts a premium on the vital rawness of self.

Listening to break-up stories can help their tellers. But the listener isn't unscathed.

No longer a superpower, Russia is still very much a player — and the fiefdom of a man.

For perspective, talk to the Little Match Girl about the holidays.

Give Italy a snow-snap and it zealously hurls itself into the abyss.

For my sister-in-law, nobility and discretion were always in the details.