BEIRUT — Many have worried that the Syrian conflict would spill over the border into Lebanon. Some would argue that it already has. The Sunni-Shiite conflict has threatened to engulf the Middle East, and is currently playing out most dramatically…

The odds weren’t fair. They rarely are when it’s six on one, with the bigger team enjoying home-field advantage in a windowless, concrete room. Last March 29, Steve Bierfeldt was surrounded by TSA agents and police in the Lambert-St. Louis…

It had all the trappings of a made-for-TV movie: a former sitcom star in the leading role, a Hallmarkian sentimentality, and a direct-to-DVD budget. It’s the kind of project studio execs pass on. They did, yet Fireproof raked in the…