It began, as many legends do, with blood. In the mid-1990s, in the rural hills of Puerto Rico, farmers awoke to find their animals dead in the night. Goats, chickens, rabbits—drained, it seemed, of their blood. There were no torn hides, no scattered carcasses, just puncture marks on necks and lifeless bodies left behind. Whispers …
There are few costumes as instantly recognizable, as endlessly magnetic, and as irresistibly timeless as Catwoman. From the moment she first leapt from comic book panels into pop culture history, she has been the embodiment of sleek danger and sultry power. Halloween, of course, is her natural hunting ground. Every October 31st, while witches stir …
On October 6, 1973, while much of Israel stood in solemn silence for Yom Kippur—the holiest day in the Jewish calendar—the sound of shofars in synagogues was drowned out by the roar of jet engines, tank treads, and artillery fire. It was a day that began in fasting and prayer but descended into chaos and …
