Rodrigo Duterte, the mayor of Davao City, is sitting in his favorite bar, After Dark, a glass of brandy in front of him, a .38 pistol tucked in his waistband. He’s wearing jeans and a short-sleeved ...

Here’s the joke: the authorities had no choice, as the court ruling made clear: “From the evidence we have, we can deduce that at least one of the brothers took part in the crime, but it has not been ...

T he television industry hardly knew, last week, whether to wince or cheer. In a baccalaureate address. Boston University’s President Dr. Daniel L. Marsh warned that “if the [television] craze ...