Frederick Douglass was a man of many parts.  Born into slavery, he rose from bondage and forced labor, to become a self-educated man, a...

The first time Arshay Cooper laid his eyes on one of the "long, thin, snazzy white boats" of crew racing was in the gym at Manley Career...

DAY ONE -- My wife Cindy has her office in Lower Manhattan, or in Downtown (as the locals have it). It's where the financial district is...

An interview with Phillip Agnew, a civil rights activist, on what "Eyes on the Prize" means at this moment. Phillip Agnew is familiar...

by Lynne Blundensen A group of women from Seattle, has been publishing a newsletter about women and religion for several years.  For the...

American educators are scratching their heads over how to get screen-seduced students to read books (the paper kind).  According to the...

This is the second book of Robert Peel's three-volume biography of Mary Baker Eddy A life-long Bible reader, reared in Calvinist...

There are three things you need to know about the early life of Mary Baker Eddy. First, from young childhood she refused to accept the...

It seems every Lincoln biography is intrinsically linked to the Civil War.  Not so, with Jon Meacham's intimate portrait of our 16th ...

Driving down Chestnut Street in Philadelphia's "Old Town", you'd never guess that this cobbelstone street once had been the center of...

Among Genesis's innumerable meanings is a theory about how truth is gained.  Starting with the famous opening "In the beginning," the...

Book Review: "The Promised Land" by Barak Obama Reading "The Promised Land" by Barak Obamana is tantamount to taking a semester of...

I have read several books about the Civil War, but "Vicksburg" by Donald L. Miller, is the absolute best.  In fact, if you want to...

THEY WERE THE ODD COUPLE of the American Revolution: John Adams, short, stout, emotional, impatient, vain, highly opinionated, and...

Stephen Breyer, served as a Justice on the Supreme Court for 28 years (1994-2022).  He has written nine books about the law; this is his...

George Washington, a hedgehog? You bet. You've heard the old adage, "The fox knows many little things, but the hedgehog knows One Big...

The most quoted book at the 1789 Constitutional Convention was the King James Bible. Indeed, the very ideals that exalted the Declaration...

The Clotilda was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring captives from Africa to the United States, arriving in Mobile Bay, July 9, 1860...

CHAPTER 27: TRANSITION TO PHILADELPIA The Masters-Penn-Morris House at 190 Market Street in Philadelphia seemed palatial to George...

CHAPTER 24: WASHINGTON D.C., THE ANTI-CITY Thomas Jefferson hated cities.  Oh, he loved what they had to offer--fine food and drink, fine...