His Economic Discomfort Index—later dubbed the “misery index”—became a staple of US politics. Ronald Reagan used it to defeat President Jimmy Carter for the presidency in 1980. But it is simply the ...

Today in History for Dec. 8: In 1694, a French Jesuit missionary in Canada, Noel Chabanel, was murdered by a renegade Huron. He was one of the group known as the Jesuit Martyrs of North America ...

Michael Caine has appeared in more than 130 films throughout his career as an actor. He began acting 75 years ago and has retired time and again from the film industry.