Part one. His early years -- Earning a living -- His love affairs -- Legislator -- Mary Todd -- Lawyer and politician -- Congressman -- Family matters -- Returning to politics -- Joining the ...

Writing to a lawyer, the founding editor of The New York Times conveyed his vast respect for President Abraham Lincoln.

On a recent shopping trip to Kroger, a woman walked hurriedly up to me. She indicated she wanted to tell me something. Egotistical as I am, I assumed she wanted ...

When Gov. JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker visited the pope in Rome on Nov. 19, they gave the pontiff a gift: a hand-drawn self-portrait by Yesenia Diaz, who’s incarcerated downstate.

A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we ...

Time seems to be going faster than ever, but it’s still important to remember and learn from the past, writes Lynne Agress.

On October, 23, 2025, Encounter Books honored Charles R. Kesler with the Encounter Prize for Advancing American Ideals during ...

The town officially named Santa Claus is located in the US state of Indiana. Establishment: The settlement, originally named Santa Fe, was established in 1854.

Surveyor Edward Gillette saved a railroad thousands of dollars by rerouting tracks near Donkey Creek in northeast Wyoming, ...

In 2015, a group of Florida scholars, including this writer, began assembling mini-biographies of Florida’s governors. The ...

Publishers will release as many as 1 million books this year, so good luck summarizing that. But if what I read and loved in ...