The Sill of the World

Title: Awakenings (1990) Director: Penny Marshall Language: English Rating: PG-13 Based on a memoir by Oliver Sacks (which is on m...

In this Toni Morrison novel, two siblings leave their backwoods Georgia home, get even more scarred out in the world, and come back to find ...

Title: The Best Years of Our Lives Director: William Wyler Language: English Rating: Unrated In The Best Years of Our Lives , three...

association A fun evening of Code Names , drinks, and food. offbeat They're helping her learn the distinction between cool weird and...

Title: Going After Cacciato Author: Tim O’Brien Where I Read It: Breaking Into Print A soldier stationed in Vietnam decides to walk to Fr...

Title: Act of Violence (1949) Director: Fred Zinnemann Language: English Rating: Unrated At first, Act of Violence seems like a s...

When I chose “The Dream” for Deal Me In 2017 , I assumed from the title that Winston Churchill would be discussing some vision of the future...

A few weeks ago, I visited Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn. It's a National Historic Landmark, and various well-known people are buried ...

Title: Debt of Honor: Disabled Veterans in American History Director: Ric Burns Language: English Rating: PG I watched a free scree...

Story Collection: World Literature: An Anthology of Great Short Stories, Drama, and Poetry Editor: Donna Rosenberg Title: One Soldier Au...

Collection: 50 Great American Short Stories Editor: Milton Crane Title: Cluney McFarrar's Hardtack Author: John McNulty During the ...

Collection: 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology (1st ed.) Editor: Beverly Lawn Title: Civil Peace Author: Chinua Achebe Soon after h...

The song in the video, sung by Sophie Milman, is "Eli, Eli" - a poem written by Hannah Senesh and set to a melody composed by Da...

Collection: The Oxford Book of English Short Stories Editor: A.S. Byatt Title: The Destructors Author: Graham Greene In London several ...

Title : The King's Speech Director : Tom Hooper Language : English Rating : R (because His Royal Highness doesn't stammer when he...

Across the street from the World Trade Center site is St. Paul's Chapel. The church dates from the American colonial era and is the olde...

all-purpose When in doubt, buy them a gift card for a book store. assurance I half-expect an angry email. Instead I get concern, wha...

From the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia.

After reading this interesting Smithsonian Magazine piece on George Washington's skill with maps and his extensive use of them, I thoug...

We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The myst...