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The cultivation of the instinct of beauty, he observed, is a primary practical concern, especially under a government that makes no plans for an astocracy. On a day i1760, Young Thomas Jefferson rides into williamsburg, virginia. Back home, at the foot of the blue ridge mounins, he had already begun his study of greek and latin. [bell tolling] now he will enter the college of william and mary to gain what he called a more universal acquaintance. Though he is critical of the government and the ar...

Ringo Starr's solo career hit heights in the '70s that even his ex-Beatle bandmates could envy. After that career staggered through the '80s, Starr tried to bounce back with the 1992 single "Weight of the World," a song that was a musical throwback, even as its lyrics warned about the dangers of living in the past. What is "Weight of the World" about? Why was Starr looking for a comeback? And did the single achieve what it set out to do? Find out all the inform...

As we move on into March, the weekends are getting busy with a variety of events taking place.

Despite being Maryland’s largest locally operated transit system, the MTA hasn’t delivered a single new rail project since the 1990s. The system hasn’t expanded using more affordable modes like bus rapid transit, either. A grassroots activist coalition is proposing that a new transit authority could be more responsive to the region’s transit needs.

EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: If Prince Harry is genuine and the King is receptive to reconciliation, will Prince William forgive Harry and Meghans antics since leaving the family?

Kyungmi Shin’s Monsters, Vases and The Priest at Sperone Westwater is an act of ceremony. Moving between timelines, the artist has collapsed the space of images through painting to form an important site for contemplation; for gathering distant experiences and ushering them into the present. In understanding her family lineage she avoids self-mythologizing and instead, more broadly, examines the beauty and dignity of the Asian experience.

As I think of the successes and failures of artists’ legacies, I’ve learned different stories tell different life’s circumstances, depending on luck and persistent efforts on the behalf of those who are dedicating their lives to perpetually keeping the artists’ works alive and contextually relevant in the former, while in the latter what requires of the artists’ caretakers, be it members of their families, friends or colleagues there my lack of clarity of intentions or s...

Few can disagree that Irish writing has been thriving as never before, and in just about every fictional genre and category. Two Irish Times opinio...

“Everyone has the right to a nationality,” states article 15 of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” (1948) and “no one shall be d

As we ring in 2024, here are our editors’ top picks for the season, from movies to music, fashion to food