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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has been celebrated by many in the U.S. and European media as a moderate who is turning the Islamic Republic away from its past. Rouhani himself campaigned on the promise of improving Iran’s relationship with other countries and ending its years of international isolation.His supporters in …

If U.S. News & World Report had a category for “Most Overly Sensitive Institution of Higher Learning,” Dartmouth College would win in a landslide. The Ivy League school’s Greek community decided to cancel an upcoming fiesta-themed, charity fundraiser after a student complained that the event was culturally and racially offensive. …

I’ll call him Ed: his middle name, if I remember right. I cannot recall for certain. And that only makes me feel worse in a way — more guilty. I remember he was a short, awkward boy, plagued with acne and a thick auburn mop he kept parted to the …