In 7th grade a classmate came up to me at recess on the playground, puffed out his chest, and proudly announced, “I’m in the Four F Club.” I had heard of the 4H club (Head, Heart, Hands, and Health), though it was not prominent in my suburban commuter town. I bit....
Even as the world witnessed newly liberated Syrians desperately searching Syria’s notorious Saydnaya Prison where Basshir Al Assad had routinely jailed and tortured many (or even any) who vocally opposed his tyrannical rule, Vladimir Putin granted Assad asylum in...