When war made America a colonial power, eloquent voices recalled “the spirit of 1776.”
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Read MoreTwenty years on, “This is Water” still brings David Foster Wallace’s wisdom to the world.
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Read MoreFor decades, sports fans cheered, booed, and everything in-between. But how did they come up with The Wave?
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Read MoreBefore SNL, “Your Show of Shows” blew American comedy wide open.
Read More“It’s not all about the dog,” William Wegman says. Meet Man Ray, Fay Ray and his other famous Weimeraners.
Read MoreCentral and Union Pacific agreed. Without immigrants — Chinese and Irish — the mighty Transcontinental RR would not have been.
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Read MoreAlong with writing classic science fiction, Isaac Asimov explained. . . everything!!!!
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