In this episode, we explore one of history's most dramatic political assassinations—the murder of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, 44 BC. Learn how Brutus, Cassius, and other senators conspired to ...

Data is power, and man has known it for centuries. In these excerpts, the author juxtaposes some of the earliest data ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

One does not have to be a fan of Shakespeare (or iambic pentameter) to know the tragic tale of JULIUS CAESAR – how this would-be-Emperor was felled by members of the Roman Senate, Caesar’s failure to ...

Italy was the perfect place to take my teenagers for their first vacation in Europe. A guided group tour made planning easy.

I do a lot of public speaking for business leaders about how using the science of happiness can improve their organization ...

From Abraham Lincoln's appetite for apples to Mark Twain’s odes to oysters, these are some of the surprising favourite foods ...

The Fourth of July will be upon us soon. It is an occasion for neighborhood gatherings, flying the flag, burgers on the grill ...

Washington, D.C., hosted a joint birthday parade for President Donald Trump, 79, and the U.S. Army, age 250, on June 14.

Introduction Europeans did not think we would find out about our black human species that inhabited Europe before the arrival of the Caucasians from the Caucasus Mountains in Central Asia .

Signs of the times must ­never be taken lightly. Generally speaking, the idiom refers to the second coming, the end time. It tells of wars, rumours of wars, natural disasters, ...