The transformation that occurred in Plymouth Colony in 1623, when Governor William Bradford abandoned the communal labor system and reassigned corn plots to individual households, has long been ...

You know that Thanksgiving tradition when someone says, "Let's go around the table and say what we're grateful for," and your mind just draws a total blank? You probably have tons of reasons to give ...

Take a deep dive into the history of the largest Masonic Temple in the world. Architect George D. Mason built this 210-foot, 550,000-square-foot Detroit structure — the largest Masonic temple in the ...

PROGRAMMING NOTE: NatSec Daily will be off for Thanksgiving this Thursday and Friday but back in your inboxes — many pounds heavier — on Monday, Nov. 29. Also, Quint decided to get a head start on his ...

For one Thanksgiving feast in the mid 1990s, President Russell M. Nelson and his wife counted 63 people at their home. Speaking to a BYU devotional audience in 1995, then-Elder Nelson of the Quorum of ...

While we’re from the school of thought that education is important, the truth is that some of your teachers were likely—albeit unintentionally—spreading fake news. That’s right: A lot of the “facts” ...

I stepped down from the copy department of The New Yorker almost two years ago, hanging up my parentheses and turning over the comma shaker to my successor, who I know will use it judiciously, but I ...

In 2015, the construction crew renovating an Oklahoma high school uncovered an unusual time capsule. Beneath newer wall coverings, the workers discovered slate blackboards marked with schoolwork and ...

Telling someone you love them is never an easy thing. It’s a process that requires time and finesse. Realistically, simply bombarding the object of your affection with a flurry of hyperbolic language ...