I wrote a column that grappled with hope amid a world facing dark times. One of the things on my mind was starving children in Gaza. The column wasn't specifically about Gaza or the Middle East. It ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be wild boars that were hunted. At the dawn of the Iron Age, some 500 years ...

Perhaps most recognizable as a Hawaiian hello, Aloha has a far deeper meaning: "love." The word is used in many contexts to ...