World War II has long been known as “the good war.” In Europe, it was fought against Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler, a tyrant and true monster, and against Italy and Benito Mussolini, a clownish but ...

Through April, Valpo Reads a Book 2005 explores issues raised by the Vietnam novel "The Things They Carried." In conjunction with that event, The Times is profiling Porter County veterans and the ...

Fact and fiction blend in Tim O’Brien’s collection of stories about the Vietnam War. A character named “Tim O’Brien” fights alongside his comrades, while another soldier tells a story that gets ...

Opening: Theater Latté Da tests again the boundaries between musical theater and straight play with Thornton Wilder's classic. Director Peter Rothstein has assembled a multicultural cast (to better ...

Twenty years had come and gone since Tim O’Brien last released a novel, so when “America Fantastica” was published in October, many of his fans were as surprised as they were pleased. They’d had good ...