My parents gave me the name Patrick after St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

NAIROBI, Kenya - A Muslim man who shielded Christians after a passenger bus was ambushed by suspected al-Shabab militants is being saluted as a symbol of unity.

Several years ago, the movie Argo won the Academy Award as best movie of the year. I enjoyed the movie in that it was a good drama, one that held its audience in proper suspense even as it provided some good humour and banter on the side. But I struggled with several aspects of the film.

Seventy years ago, on April 29, 1945, the largest monastery in the world was closed by the U.S. armed forces.