Every school child learns the mythology of Paul Revere's ride. Though the truth is murkier, the story has inspired ...

American stories carry a value system; they always do. It is parabolic, and there's a lot of hidden meaning inside stories.

It's that time of year again when you grab a tub of popcorn and settle in for a cozy evening with a familiar slasher film—a ...

Enchanted Forests: The Poetic Construction of a World before Time Boria Sax Reaktion, 2023 ($35) The word “forest” came into English from medieval French, where it meant a place reserved for the ...

A photo of Rosa Parks is shown at a Nov. 29 news conference with members of the Congressional Black Caucus outside the U.S. Capitol to introduce the Rosa Parks Day Act. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) ...

LOS ANGELES -- In Hulu's latest true-crime documentary "Blood & Myth," embark on a haunting journey as one man sets off to investigate a terrifying paranormal connection and unearths a story where ...

One of the first pieces I authored as a new hire for The American Conservative was titled, “The Myths We Tell Matter.” The brief post was inspired by a visit at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. After ...

Smithsonian Libraries The foot-prints of the Creator: or, The Asterolepis of Stromness; from the 3d London edition, with a memoir of the author by Louis Agassiz Pre-1877 Art Exhibition Catalogue Index ...