The history of old age in America is all about reinvention. Too bad our political culture can’t keep up
Medicare and Social Security represent successes in facing the realities of aging, but their imperfections also show how much ...
The 25 Most Influential Cookbooks From the Last 100 Years
Chefs, writers, editors and a bookseller gathered to debate — and decide — which titles have most changed the way we cook and ...
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Historians Say They’ve Solved the Mystery of a Curious 100-Year-Old Contraption Discovered in Storage
Staffers at the Dorchester County Historical Society in Maryland were baffled by the unusual machine, so they asked the ...
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60 Rock Songs Inspired by Books and Literature
Below, we're taking a look at 60 Rock Songs Inspired by Books and Literature, for the most part limiting it to one entry per ...
Meet the next great Austin author: Chris Brown and 'A Natural History of Empty Lots'
With his latest book-length essay, "A Natural History of Empty Lots: Field Notes from Urban Edgelands, Back Alleys and Other Wild Places" (Timber Press), Brown rises to a level of acute observation ...