Today in Music History for Dec. 21: In 1672, Benjamin Schmolck, German Lutheran clergyman and prolific hymn writer, was born. Though a busy pastor, he found time to pen 900 hymns, the best remembered ...

Though the two are often compared due to their hostility toward the press and their vengeful spirits, Stone's movie shows a ...

Federalists, the party that advocated more states' rights and less central government than desired by the Federalists. Most ...

The past is broader, more nuanced, and much more complex than it first appears. Even if you think you know everything there ...

In their documentary, Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”) and Mark Obenhaus trace the career highs and lows of the famed ...

An example of the eloquence: “Sleepy Joe Biden was, by far, the worst President in American History. Taking office as a ...

Thirty-one North Korean commandos slipped past American and South Korean sentries on Jan. 17, 1968, cutting through the DMZ ...

At the same time, though, the media and entertainment industries were rapidly evolving, and the modern celebrity was born.

In 1964, the Pew Research Center reported, 77% of the country expressed trust in their government. Trust in government ...

A force is pulling on Donald Trump that is even more inexorable than the march of time: political mortality. Sometimes ...

The United States and the Soviet Union signed numerous arms control treaties to limit the scope, danger, and expense of their ...

Patti LuPone delivers her version of Palm Beach grande dame Marjorie Merriweather Post, who plays a key role in this week's ...