In 1950 Neal Cassady wrote a rambling, confession-style letter of 16,000 words to his best buddy Jack Kerouac. The stream-of-consciousness…
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60 Minutes correspondent Bill Whitaker recently aired a fascinating report on the origins of the famed Stradivarius violins. Long since…
Dr. Steven Pinker is Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. His research on language and…
Leonardo da Vinci remains the single most powerfully creative and historically influential figure in human history. Now 600 years later,…
When asked the question, “What gives your life meaning?” the answers usually consist of one or more of the following: children,…
English archers had their longbows, Old West sheriffs had their six-guns, but Japan’s samurai warriors had the most fearsome weapon…
Limelight is a type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls. The term is traced to an innovation…