Nothing ruins a grand imperial strategy quite like reality. A king can spend years planning an invasion, a government can ...

Frances Hook enlisted as “Frank Miller” at 14, fought at Fredericktown and other Civil War battles, and was twice discovered ...

Good morning. A chance of rain this morning, then partly cloudy with a high around 83. Rainy with a low around 50 overnight. Sports this weekend: The Washington Wizards visit New Orleans for a ...

Many reviewers have called this modestly sized book an excellent introduction to its subject. But an introduction for whom? And how is it excellent? I note that Virgil Carrington Jones’s 3-volume The ...

Inside Indiana vs Purdue: 127 football meetings, 223 basketball games, the Old Oaken Bucket, Knight's chair, eleven sports, ...

Quiz: Do you know your state's official song? One of the ways the 50 united but individual states of the USA put their pride on display is through official state songs. Some states recognize a single ...

Mason Locke Weems was a traveling bookseller and author who became famous for writing the story about George Washington and ...

Chesterfield is the kind of town that makes you appreciate the true spirit of small-town South Carolina. Cheraw is known as ...

Where did this guy come from? How did a TV personality end up leading America’s defense department, especially in a time of war? Donald Trump put Pete Hegseth in charge of the Department of Defense.

When we launched City Paper in 1981, we set out with a clear mission: to tell the stories that make D.C. unique—and the arts ...

Choose voice characteristics with the same care as question design. The first pattern was an early architectural choice; the ...

We often hear Airbnb horror stories, but most are from the guest’s point of view. However, we don’t often talk about how it ...