Fifa’s decision to allow the U.S. star striker to play against Belgium is in clear breach of the association’s rules.

What emerges it not the Washington of postcards or political mythology, but a richer and more nuanced capital.

There aren’t many big-name pop music performers who go on to become topnotch producers. Trent Reznor, Dr. Dre, Brian Eno, Dan ...

Robin Hood dies. A summer laugh-fest, this ain’t. For those who don’t fully recall the 15th-century legend, an English farmer ...

This time around, they remind us that Randy Newman’s iconic Toy Story anthem, “You’ve Got a Friend in Me,” still rings true, even as our understanding of friendship continues to evolve. For Andy, ...

Later my father put on a gray sweater. We ate chili by a fire. We talked about baseball. My father smiled. He was growing a beard. One day he would be smiling in the Denver Airport of Death, but today ...

On a sweltering summer day in 2013, a single tweet from Tahrir Square sparked a global conversation. Armed with nothing but smartphones, Egyptian protesters captured the raw energy of a movement that ...

There’s an interesting dissonance between changing times and values. Younger generations typically push the cultural envelope at first, then decry the generations that follow as they age. What remains ...

In modern society's controversies, few tiles glimmer with as complex a spectrum as those involving sex scandals. We love them and hate them, and we can’t get enough of them. Salacious by nature ...

Are they a natural consequence of aging, of intellectual maturity, or the results of an ill-spent life? George Clooney, as internationally famous actor Jay Kelly, confronts this very issue in Jay ...

On September 11, 2012, Bob Dylan released his 35th studio album, Tempest. The reviews poured in, many hailing the album as an instant classic, and simultaneously labeling it Dylan’s darkest album to ...

I ambled up to the Mary Day like an old salt, as if I had shipped out on schooners like her from Valencia to Valparaiso. Actually, I didn’t amble. I positively swaggered down the long dock. The only ...