"Father Flex is not just muscles. … With all this stuff I want to invite people to take it to the next level, go to the spiritual level," he said.

The presidency has become a cult to which we are expected to constantly direct our attention; the result is a disenchantment with democracy.

Apparently, just about everything contributes to gun mayhem in the United States—but not the 300 million guns themselves.

Since protests directed at the Sandinista government in Nicaragua began in April, the Jesuit-run University of Central America has been a target of violence.

Benue State is in Nigeria’s Middle Belt. This region, a hotbed of sectarian unrest, has suffered particularly because of clashes between largely Muslim Fulani cattle herders and mostly Christian farming communities.