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I don't need someone to tell me I'm beautiful to believe I am I don't need someone to tell me I'm skinny to believe I am I don't need someone to tell me I'm smart to believe I am I don't need to be rich to believe I have...

Waves of stinging triumph gripped my father and me as we walked up the freshly poured ramp to the swanky Jefferson Performing Arts Center in suburban New Orleans. At 88, my father has been watching his godson-nephew Denn...

The quest started in Antarctica over the weekend and continued in Miami Beach this week Becca Pizzi, 35, is attempting to become the first American woman to meet the challenge Friends of Pizzi's 8-year-old daughter Taylo...

Once in a great while, an artist comes along whose work is so distinctive, so unusual, so imaginative, and so colorful that it stands out from the crowd, much like a peacock stands out in a colony of penguins. Elizabeth ...

The LA art scene is booming. As the LA Art show celebrates its 21st year, more and more celebrities will attend the annual art fair. Last year's attendees included Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Melanie Griffith, Barbara Streisan...

So you're selling or buying a house in 2016 and you want to make sure your transaction goes to closing without glitches. Is there any guide to the potential problems …

The characters on "Seinfeld" could have really used the level-headed advice that Amy Dickinson offers in her "Ask Amy" column. And now, they're getting some.A person writing under the name "Feeling Foolish" asked her how...

The recent destruction of the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq by the so-called Islamic State raises, once again, the question of the protection of the historical memory of humanity in times of conflict and war. What i...

The historic snowstorm that shut down the District this weekend dealt a severe blow to arts groups, who were forced to cancel dozens of performances, racking up millions of dollars in lost revenue in the process.

Outside the bedroom windows, a frigid wind howled through the snow-covered streets of the Olney, Md., neighborhood. It was late afternoon on Saturday, and the blizzard was intensifying. So were Jenny Krueger's contractio...

Like millions of other people I couldn't wait for the premiere of the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens last December. I attended a few days after the crowds had dispersed, and sat there in rapt expectation, clutching my ...

Every time I hear someone say I don't like poetry, or I'm not a poetry person, I think the opposite is true. I believe everyone is a poetry person. Poetry is just a form of storytelling, and we're born to tell stories. A...

Washington, D.C. is full of amazing museums (many with new exhibits every few months), theaters that put on world-class productions, fantastic restaurants and the home of the President of the United States. I love living...

Amidst the current refugee crisis in the Middle East and North Africa, many people have looked back at the dismal record of the world in responding to the refugee crisis on the 1930s from Nazi Germany. Hesitant to compar...

Whether it's with tortilla chips, pita, crudites, or your fingers (no judgment), here's 31 recipes to rock your Super Bowl party. The post 31 Super Bowl Dip Recipes, from Guacamole to Onion Dip appeared first on Bon App�...

Four years after the Costa Concordia cruise ship capsized off the Italian coast, stunning images taken by photographer Jonathan Danko Kielkowski give a rare look inside the wreckage.  On Jan 13, 2012, the Costa Concordi...

A while ago I traveled to Nepal to trek in the Himalayas, and to learn a bit more about myself and about the world from Buddhist spiritual teachers. As the night embraced the highest peaks in the world, I walked through ...

When network executives, critics and viewers moan and groan about there being too many new shows in the current TV market (a.k.a. "peak TV") and point out how some of the content coming from new players can never last, I...

When Barbara "B." Smith announced she was closing her eponymous Washington restaurant in late 2013, the public didn't know of any problem beyond the vagaries of the food business. But …

Pin it Name: Anthea and Stuart, their daughters, Kate-Ruby and Rachel, and their dogs, Cameo and Pippa Location: Cape Town, South Africa Size: 2,600 square feet Years lived in: 4 years; Owned This lovely family home is t...

Star as god: David Bowie has proven that transcendent transmutation, complete with a constellation named after him. Yet even before Bowie's death, artist Kathy Aoki was exploring the divinity of the pop idol, using celeb...

While people across the U.S. were stuck at home during Winter Storm Jonas this weekend, one creative dad shared what his family does on snow days. Reddit user DiabolicalDialogue posted a photo of his son rocking some e...