Bliss was it in the late 1970s to be alive, as Wordsworth almost said, but to be a domestic terrorist was very heaven. Just ask Indianapolis’s Tony Kiritsis, who, in February of 1977, parlayed an ideological kidnapping into an unlikely turn as a folk hero. Children may wonder how America came to include millions who […]

We are, evidently, in Oscar season — the insufferable period that, admittedly, produces a reliable number of above-average movies but also elicits a stream of sanctimonious blather from movie stars. Too often, they speak of their work with self-regarding reverence and, if handed a gold statuette in a few months, will deem themselves qualified to […]

In 1967, as the Cold War still dominated the country’s collective consciousness, Gene Roddenberry added a young Russian navigator to the bridge of the USS Enterprise. The character cheerfully insisted that Scotch whisky, the Garden of Eden, and most other worthwhile inventions had originated in his homeland. Walter Koenig, who died Oct. 25 at 90, […]

Anti-abortion advocates are testing contrasting strategies in Missouri and Virginia ahead of Nov. 3 ballot measures, pairing a campaign backed by prominent Republicans in Missouri with a locally organized effort led by advocacy groups, physicians, and churches in Virginia. The campaigns could offer lessons for anti-abortion groups, which have struggled to win statewide abortion votes […]