Original Publication: Vanity Fair — December, 2007. The grand hostesses are history, the president would rather be in bed, and there’s a price tag on every evening these days. Who…
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Janet Harris isn’t your average nun. She bluntly tells God when she’s had it up to here. She reminds Saint Francis about his wild youth. And thanks to her audacious efforts–and unswerving faith–a young man sentenced as a teenager to life in prison is (for now) walking free. Maureen Orth reports.
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Marina Orth receives the Refugees International 2015 McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award
Our founder Marina Orth received the 2015 McCall-Pierpaoli Humanitarian Award from Refugees International, in recognition of her inspiring and sustained commitment to the education and success of the youth of…
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Facing trial in Chicago for massive criminal fraud, Conrad Black, once chairman of the world’s third-largest newspaper group, Hollinger International, has retreated to his Toronto childhood home, vowing to take the stand and expose the conspiracy against him. As friends and colleagues dissect the 62-year-old mogul’s spectacular fall, the author delves into the influence of Black’s dazzling second wife, Barbara Amiel; the blow of his longtime partner, David Radler, turning prosecution witness; and the role of Hollinger’s high-profile board, which allegedly let the company become a private piggy bank.
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Original Publication: New York Times – January 11, 2007. Buonconvento, Italy JOHN PHILLIPS spent more than two years looking for a villa in Italy before he saw Borgo Finocchieto near…
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Twice in My Life Maureen OrthColombia 1964-1966 My Medellin has never been like the headlines that have been flashing round the world for a decade. The gentle “city of eternal…
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