When the president and the naturalist camped in Yosemite, America got greener.
Read MoreTook off for L.A. Landed in Ireland. Was “Wrong Way” Corrigan confused or just clever?
Read MoreWomen had marched, picketed protested for 70 years. Then the Silent Sentinels were jailed, tortured, force fed. And you’re too busy to vote? (As seen in “Iron Jawed Angels.”)
Read More"They cannot roll back the rising tide of reform. The world moves."
Read More"In America, there are two kinds of travel -- first class and travel with children."
-- Meet Robert Benchley.
Read More"Would y'all like to see my Daddy's pottery?" The garage door opened to reveal reds, blues, yellows, and genius.
Read MoreHow one woman changed the way people look at people.
Read MoreTurning the grand old flag into art took genius.
Read MoreA new novel, Lincoln in the Bardo, probes the president's deep sorrow. But how did his son's death change the president and the Civil War?
Read MoreYou say "youse." I say "you guys." You say "pop." I say "soda." Let's call ourselves American.
Read MoreInventive, clever, funny, cartoonist Rube Goldberg captured our love/hate affair with machines.
Read MoreElizabeth Cotten charmed audiences with her "Freight Train" and her unique picking.
Read MoreIn these "times that try men's souls," Thomas Paine offers a remedy -- believe in people, not institutions.
Read MoreHow an idea at a dinner party turned into an art masterpiece. The table is set.
Read MoreA “War on Christmas?” Nothing new. In fact, the modern holiday emerged from a battle against seasonal revelry. Ho ho ho.
Read MorePhotography was not art until Alfred Stieglitz and his little gallery insisted that it was.
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