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Taking a break might seem like a luxury, but several events offer the respite and recharge needed to make it over the holiday hump.

Making historical figures relevant in a world of chaos is not easy. But Chris Beiler thinks so highly of Thaddeus Stevens that he decided to try a new way. So

Unbound Book Festival promises about as many access points into literary conversation as there are types of readers.

It’s sort of amazing to consider the power books have to rejigger our deepest selves. I’m looking forward to the next time.

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It's no riddle that Gen. Ulysses S. Grant is the man buried in Grant's Tomb.

General George Armstrong Custer was a brave, ambitious, stupid cavalryman. Bravely, ambitiously and stupidly he rode with under 70 troopers into the greatest war party the Indians ever assembled in North America, mustering some 20, 000 braves. He and his band were wiped out. . Evan s. Connell is a novelist and he has brought a novelists audacity to th construction of SON OF THE MORNING STAR, a civilized and compassionate history. This is a magnificent book. FINANCIAL TIMES Custers Last Stand i...

LSM This is Reece Eddy’s time we are just watching the clock. Longstick midfield is one of the hardest positions to adjust to when a player makes the jump from college to the pros. The only other position that is harder is probably goalie, and it’s for the exact same reason: speed. Eddy certainly adjusted to the speed quickly, but one of the reasons that the Chrome protected Eli Salama over him is that, physically, Salama is better built for the mean grass streets between the hash marks. St...