There is a particular kind of vertigo that sets in when you watch your country’s legislative chamber become a theater of the absurd, and then realize that the world has seen this before, more than ...

The families of LGBTQ+ pioneers Glenn Burke and Billy Bean wiped away tears after an exhibit at Dodger Stadium honoring their loved ones was unveiled.

The American Museum in Bath, England, is one of my favorite places. Housed in a handsome 18th-century manor house, ...

Many of the world’s most recognizable quotations have become so deeply embedded in popular culture that few people ever ...

Explore America's choice between difficult freedom with self-control and easy tyranny under growing government.

Accepting an award for political courage, the Fed governor hinted at why he broke with convention to keep his board seat.

Lord George Gordon adopted traditional dress, observed dietary laws, and appears genuinely to have embraced Judaism rather than merely toyed with it as an eccentric affectation ...

George Washington’s Farewell Address is, in effect, the culmination and fulfillment of the Declaration of Independence.

From a darkly comic tale of revenge to a beautiful contemplation on friendship, here are the year's most acclaimed works of fiction so far.

I was a lobster-back reenactor, a British Redcoat for the 10 or so years my wife and I marched with the 1st Maryland Loyalist Battalion as we celebrated the American Revolution. Our “hobby,” called ...

Doris Burke on calling NBA Finals: 'I am sort of mindful that there is something meaningful here.' Joe Reedy | Associated Press Doris Burke has covered the NBA Finals since 2009, as a sideline ...

Emeritus history professor Edmund “Terry” Burke III, director of the UCSC Center for World History, will deliver the 2014 Spring Emeriti Faculty Lecture on Thursday, April 17, at the UCSC Music Center ...