Nicholas Ostler, in his 2005 book Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World, observes that the great languages have generally been the languages of the greatest traders and, especially, ...

Asking customers for a relatively small deposit (much less than the cost of a cinema ticket), to secure their booking, is a logical and fair way of nudging customers to make good on their intention.

Vltava Fund, an investment management company, recently released its first-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the letter ...

A State Department official said in a two-page court filing that the man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran migrant ...

When General Wharton’s great-great granddaughter, Sue Bell, and her parents were selling the home in the 1980s and rummaging ...

More than 40 Labour MPs are urging ministers to introduce a new form of digital ID to help control the migration system and ...

AS-H: What are you working on now? AC: I'm currently working on several small projects. Always writing and, hopefully, one of these small projects will grow into the next all encompassing ...

Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel literature laureate and a giant of Latin American letters for many decades, has ...

In 1944, writer Laura Hobson thought her project might be too bold. Her friend, who wasn’t Jewish, convinced her otherwise.

are sending letters Monday to the secretaries of the Army, Navy and Air Force seeking information on books removed from service academy shelves. The Pentagon has in recent months implemented Presi ...

The book is largely a paean to his favorite players, coaches, and mentors, not a pullback of the curtain or a place to settle ...

Guest: Linda Gordon is Professor Emerita of History at New York University. She is the winner of two Bancroft Prizes for best book in American history, most lately she is the author of Seven Social ...