Nearly 161 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre as he watched a production of OUR AMERICA COUSIN. Every American knows this famous and tragic tale ...

From this well of mind-bending emotions springs The Saviors, a clever genre thriller with a lot to say beneath its slippery ...

The nation’s official motto, “In God we trust,” has appeared on coins since the Civil War. The Pledge of Allegiance promises ...

On the series premiere of American Classic, Richard Bean returns to his hometown, as pompous as ever. We review the double-decker kick-off!

The American Girl doll brand is celebrating its 40th anniversary in a big way in 2026. Mattel, Inc. announced in a press release on Wednesday that two book titles celebrating the landmark anniversary ...

The American Medical Association and a leading public health research group focused on vaccines are teaming up to create a system to review vaccine safety and effectiveness, mirroring a role long ...

Here is a suggestion for director Marc Bruni, scriptwriter Kait Kerrigan and the entire creative team behind the Roaring Twenties musical that launched its national tour Wednesday night from the ...

With this week’s announcement of massive cuts at The Washington Post, the paper’s Book World supplement earned a dismal distinction: It may be the only newspaper book-review section to have been ...

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Patrick Bateman has entered the universal psyche as a biting commentary on modern capitalistic consumerism and toxic masculinity. A character made popular in the year 2000 by Mary Herron’s adaptation ...

The dispiriting nature of author Eric Lichtblau’s latest subject “might be reason enough to avoid this book,” said Wendell Jamieson in Air Mail. But to defeat darkness, “we must first understand it,” ...