Edgar Morin, ‘Grandfather’ of French Intellectuals, Dies at 104 – The New York Times
Edgar Morin, ‘Grandfather’ of French Intellectuals, Dies at 104 The New York TimesFrench sociologist, philosopher and intellectual provocateur Edgar…
Book Review: ‘View From the East Wing,’ by Jill Biden
VIEW FROM THE EAST WING: A Memoir, by Jill Biden So trim, toned and beatific that it seems…
Jill Biden’s Reaction to Biden’s 2024 Debate: ‘He’s Having a Stroke’
On the evening of June 27, 2024, millions of viewers watched with alarm and confusion as President Joseph…
International Booker Prize 2026: ‘Taiwan Travelogue’ is First Winner Originally Written in Mandarin
“Taiwan Travelogue,” a love story presented as a rediscovered travelogue from 1930s Taiwan, on Tuesday won the International…
Archaeologists Find Egyptian Mummy Buried With the ‘Iliad’
Archaeologists working in Egypt have discovered a remarkable combination of Homeric epic and Egyptian ritual: a 2,000-year-old mummy…
Pulitzer Prizes: 2026 Winners List
PUBLIC SERVICE The Washington Post The Pulitzer committee honored The Washington Post for, as it put it, “piercing…
Kathryn Stockett Has Finally Followed Up ‘The Help’
Stockett said, “I was not prepared for a lot of those conversations, but I learned a new language.”…
The Americans Who Could Be in Trump’s ‘Garden of Heroes’ Statue Park in D.C.
Generals who led the United States to victory and Native Americans who fought for tribal rights. Abolitionists and…
Queen Camilla Unites Winnie-the-Pooh With a Long-Lost Friend
The Queen of England, Camilla, stopped by the New York Public Library on Wednesday to pay a special…
Book Review: ‘Israel: What Went Wrong?,’ by Omer Bartov
The result has been a terrible irony for a country that was founded as a refuge from intolerance:…
Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96 – The Washington Post
Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96 The Washington PostJürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s…
Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks and more pay tribute to Rob and Michele Reiner
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some of Rob and Michele Reiner’s closest friends, including actors Billy Crystal, Albert Brooks,…