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The one and only Bob Hope Fueled by tremendous advances in communications, one of the major trends of modern America has been the interwe...

  Timely and Timeless , a new exhibition at The Library of Congress, is designed to highlight the library's growing holdings in politic...

The Gershwin Bothers Summertime. Someone to Watch Over Me. I Got Rhythm. You Can't Take That Away from Me. A Foggy Day. Let's Cal...

And in the end ... there's always another season In this modern era of spoiled superstars, greedy billionaire owners, and crazed, alc...

If you have ghosts you know who to call - ghostbusters. But if you are in Iowa or Idaho and want a great hamburger, who you gonna' call?...

Due to a timing mixup, we were able to complete our tour of the What's Cooking Uncle Sam? The Government's Effect on the American Di...

American voters would be better served if presidential candidates were required to take a test on their knowledge of the United States Const...

  Why do teenagers do the wild and crazy things they do? Well, for a long time, parents, teachers, and others who have to deal with 13-to-1...

When Jim Lehrer, then the co-anchor of the PBS' News Hour, first prepared for his initial time moderating a presidential debate, an exp...

OK. Here is today's economic question - who is receiving more Google hits - Leonardo DiCaprio or John Maynard Keynes? Well, if you answe...

Physically, he was diminutive, standing only about 5 feet tall and weighing only 100 pounds.  He was a hypochondriac who really did suffer f...

Diana Kennedy says she likes "the real thing" When 88-year-old Dianna Kennedy first arrived in Mexico in 1957, she never envis...

To Shakespeare purists, presenting Macbeth without the Bard's words would seem to be sacrilege. How could any Shakespeare play be silen...

You aren't always lucky enough to meet your favorites in any field, but tonight we heard a book reading and talk by George Pelecanos, m...

America again in jeopardy, Ralph Nader says There is huge lesson for the USA from the fall of the Roman Empire, according to legendary co...

Bin Laden and Bergen in 1997 His small tent in the secret, arid Arab wasteland was sparse. True, he wore a military jacket over his robes...

 Tomorrow, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, more than 90 Americans cartoonists will see cartoons they created dealing with their current tho...

A damaged Pentagon ... a resilient nation With the 10th anniversary of 9/11 only 2 days away, we attended a spellbinding special program ...

Tonight, we headed to the National Archives to screen the documentary Lunch Line and then listen to an informative discussion of the histor...

Dunbar High School Then ... When I retired from 25 years of teaching last June and moved to the DC area, I really had no plans to ever se...