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What are we really celebrating?

When President Kennedy declared, “We will go to the moon,” he didn’t say, “they will go to the moon,” or “we will watch them go to the moon.” He included himself and the entire country.

As the water rose around her, the younger Margaret calmly recited Scripture until the water began to creep over her face.

Learning from “a third-rate burglary.”

Strategies for derailing gossip

Peter—utterly confused, but determined to do something—grabs a sword and flails it downward.

A hundred years later, the word remains synonymous with disaster.

“Wait, wait, wait!” I said. “I can’t just jump!”

Once it was obvious that the treatment had left Fanny blind, the quack hurriedly left town.

On Christmas Eve in December of 1914, one of the most unusual events in military history took place.

I always told myself that once I grew up and went to college, I would never struggle for money.

Suddenly, a look of alarm and dismay flashed across her face–she was one gift short.

The prince and his armorbearer stood still, waiting. Then they heard it.

Celebrating the translation of the Bible

9/11 Ten Years Later