President Donald Trump’s first term saw a record-high rate of turnover among his Cabinet members and chief advisers. Trump’s second term has, to date, seen far fewer Cabinet departures.

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An opera review by Murray Dahm This is a delightful production, full of wit, insight and wonderful singing, and with flashes of the darker side of this most famous of operatic comedies. Wolfgang ...

Apollodorus of Damascus, the Greek architectural genius who built Emperor Trajan’s Rome, from his Column to the longest ...

On July 31, Pope Leo XIV announced that St. John Henry Newman, English theologian, educator, and writer who converted to ...

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Seven (Bonus point if you can name them all - Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia.

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If you’re traveling to a European capital this summer and want to do some exploring a little farther afield, here are a few ideas for day trips from major cities.