Word of the day Syzygy explains a scientific term used in astronomy. It describes a straight-line arrangement of celestial ...

It's 200 years since the word "hello" was first used in print - though its roots date back to the 15th Century. How has the ...

On the one hand, the state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing to stop “a federal invasion” of immigration agents.The ...

There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot ...

The quiet perseverance of St. Monica and the conversion of her son, St. Augustine, offer a clear window into the spiritual ...

The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and ...

Your ‘annoying’ habits and personality quirks might be superpowers in disguise. Here’s how you can harness them.

Richard E. Maltby Jr. on his fifty years of writing puzzles for Harper’s Magazine, his side hustle as a musical lyricist and Tony Award–winning director, and the crossword’s place in contemporary Amer ...

Texas A&M seems to have concluded that the safest way to handle the ideas contained in a classic text is to bury them. This ...

At some point, the question is no longer about immigration policy or policing, but whether the law still commands authority.

Speaking of misbehaving power toggles, a few weeks back (as I’m writing this in mid-December), the kitchen wall switch that ...

The following is a letter written by PGA TOUR player Marcelo Rozo, who clinched his TOUR card at 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School ...