Herman Wouk, novelist and dramatist, has written twelve novels and four plays. Though the critical response to his works varies as much as the subject matter, at least eight of the novels were bestsellers and two of his plays were popular and critical su...

BY GOING to war in Afghanistan, America has tumbled into two complex, many-sided conflicts that resemble a pair of concentric circles. One is the ever-shifting civil war that Afghans have known for at least the last quarter century. No less treacherous for the distant...

The Bush administration maintains that it would be unnecessary and undesirable for a declaration of war or a congressional resolution to precede an American attack on Iraqi forces {front page, Nov. 14}. The administration did, however, feel compelled to send the secretary of state...

"Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, a steel guitar prodigy who rose to fame as one of the original members of the Flying Burrito Brothers, has died. He was 72.Kleinow, who also worked in film as an award-winning animator and special effects artist, died Saturday at a Petaluma...

Ennio Morricone, who has been performing for some six decades and is heading to Hollywood to pick up a long-awaited Academy Award, finally made his conducting debut on the shores of the United States.The night before his first official U.S. concert at Radio City, the...