According to the same writer, the earliest of the Doric columns were merely substitutes for wooden tree trunks that had served the same purpose. It is probable that the fluted column may have ...

“It really is one-of-a-kind.” The two-story front entrance has Doric columns, the fluted and tapered type that originated in Ancient Greece. Inside there are ceiling medallions, ornamental and ...

I was talking to a friend not long ago who was pretty down on politics in all its forms. “I actually find real enjoyment in politics,” I told him. He asked if I was nuts. No, I said, there’s ...

Has video killed the Super Bowl ad? If ever there were a Super Bowl that needed a bunch of surprising, cool and smartly written commercials, it was Super Bowl LIX. As Philadelphia systematically ...

Black art is more than creativity — it is a declaration of existence, a reflection of lived experiences, and a force that has shaped culture and social movements for generations. From the Harlem ...

Bring international photo ID. The Capitol Crypt and its 40 neoclassical Doric columns support the weight of the Rotunda. The marble compass, a “star”-shaped stone in the centre of the floor ...

My knowledge of the good ol’ pigskin derives solely from headlines concerning Taylor Swift’s boyfriend and whoever’s playing the halftime show. Yet despite my tendency to mistake O-lines and ...

MY search for the original meaning of the term "useful idiots" has been rewarded. I first encountered the term while listening to a podcast on YouTube by "China Unscripted"; one panelist remarked ...

When Christopher Macchio strolled into the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., to sing the national anthem during Monday’s presidential inauguration ceremonies, the 46-year-old opera tenor ...

Trump has also hinted at reciprocal tariffs on countries imposing duties on US imports, though specifics on exemptions or targeted nations remain unclear: "If they charge us, we charge them." Given ...

Only a few blocks from the economic powerhouse that is Wall Street, on a $4.5 billion plot of land, stood a vast, yet unassuming wheatfield. The two acres were deliberately positioned atop the ...