The dance, really a marathon brining to mind the classic movie, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?”, has been going on as long as there have been governments and organized religion. That is to say that ...

Selected by Veronica Buckley, the author of “Seven Sisters: Captives and Rebels in Revolutionary Europe’s First Family.” ...

Matthew Lyon lived a life that made him a witness to some of the most important events and figures of early American History. An Irish immigrant, he rose from humble ...