Most modelers can pinpoint the photos, people, events, books, or stories that inspired them to build their model railroads.

The Englightenment is celebrated in the West as an age of progress. It was also an age that cemented some of the worst human traits ...

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A closer look at the enigmatic Old Testament figure whose fidelity and fate have intrigued believers for centuries.

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When her husband fell deathly ill with no suitable second-in-command, Mary Ann Patten captained his ship to safety.

Senator John Kennedy, a garrulous rank-and-file Republican from Louisiana, has struck a nerve with a new book that provides an insider account of Congress and its dysfunction.

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Lane Kiffin loves keeping people guessing. Sunday night brought another example when he posted a motivational book excerpt to ...

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez thinks too many members of her party miss what’s really driving the alienation and anger in our ...