It is never quite clear which way the book’s title, “Fewer Rules, Better People”, runs. Will less reliance on rules create better people (unlikely), or should societies have fewer rules enforced by ...

The story of Les Misérables (the book), written by Victor Hugo and published in 1862, is set in post-revolutionary France, ...

During his inaugural speech, Donald Trump talked of being a uniter, not a divider. Yet, he fails to deliver at every opportunity to be a unifier. Trump is even undermining the Civil Rights Act, an ...

The number of financially comfortable people stealing ‘a little something’ here and there seems to be on the up. Helen Coffey asks how and when theft became the new socially acceptable pastime for the ...

The saga of Jean Valjean, who is sentenced to hard labor for stealing bread to feed his starving family, serves as the thread to tie together a multiplicity of characters, events and themes.

You wouldn’t steal a car,” the Noughties ... We’re hardly talking Les Mis’s Jean Valjean here, forced into snatching a hunk of bread to fend off starvation. No, what we’re looking ...

Les Miserables” is one of my favorite stories. I thought I fell in love with “Les Mis” (forget the full name, no one can ...

Where you from, friend?” the cheerful Virginia man asked when he heard my New Jersey accent and identified me as ...