WRITING in Latin, the Scottish poet Arthur Johnstone (c1579-1641), has a series of pre-Union poems in praise of Scottish cities, taking them each ...

According to Trump’s proclamation, his clemency corrected a “grave national injustice.” The rioters, in other words, were the ...

“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not ...

Birkenau, and we cannot let our collective memories falter. We know the evils that humans are capable of.

"I share this story, like many others who do, because we cannot forget all those innocent men, women and children who were ...

The world we live in is a wasteland of words, but reading poetry reminds us that language can be used with precision and ...

Conveyed as an epic poem, this new account of the origin of the marathon consigns other versions to history’s landfill ...