There’s something about these lazy, hazy days of summer that makes us want to get lost in a book. A classic “beach read” ...

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Are you fond of telling people that “truth is stranger than fiction”? Thank Lord Byron.

By choosing for ourselves, we could learn not only to control our actions, but to lift our desires, to elevate our goals and ...

From classics to modern masterpieces, these great poetry books—recommended by poets themselves—belong on your bookshelf.

An intrepid critique of entrenched and entitled Muslim elites, CM Naim, a historian and essayist, recently passed away at 85.

Washington poet Eric Ode often finds ideas while out walking. Here he shares a poem inspired by the prickly (or not) holly ...

Even after growing a cult following on social media with videos of unhinged characters, then breaking out on Max's Hacks, Stalter might have felt nervous about anchoring such a high-profile show. But ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era ...

However, the prophet foretold a day when Jerusalem would be desolate, and the temple burned and laid to ruins (see Isaiah 64:10-11). Isaiah understood that those who loved Jerusalem would mourn for ...

On June 12, Eve Karlin made Aliyah to Israel with the assistance of Nefesh B’Nefesh. Twelve hours later, at 3:30 a.m., she ...