A wealthy merchant with a penchant for luxury, the Founder with a famous signature contributed more to the revolution than his critics allowed.

Donald Trump is furious at the newspaper for publishing a story about his allegedly cozy relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

At a perilous American moment, the Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro explains why he wanted to read The Turner Diaries.

Charismatic figures shaped American politics, even before the republic was founded. The arrival of television made personal charm all the more important for would-be leaders.

The WSJ printed a fake letter, supposedly to Epstein. These are not my words, not the way I talk. Also, I don’t draw pictures ...

Trump allegedly contributed to what WSJ described as a "bawdy" letter to celebrate Epstein's 50th birthday. In addition to ...

Empire of the Elite,” by Michael M. Grynbaum, is a story of (mostly) insider-outsiders who helmed the glossiest American ...

I’m old enough to remember when novelists were big-time. When I was in college in the 1980s, new novels from Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Saul Bellow, John Updike, Alice Walker and others were cultural ...

This year, the IALA is welcoming its new class of mentees for their fifth annual Mentorship Program—which will run until ...

Dead billionaires have piled up in modern pop culture to an almost absurd amount. Surely some Pacific Heights morgue is overflowing by this point. Well, “Dead Money” adds one more to the examiner’s ...

In the 'Storyland' exhibit at Betty Brinn Children's Museum, children walk through life-size pages from stories, interacting with characters.

The Supreme Court has sided with religious parents who want to pull their children out of the classroom when a public school lesson uses LGBTQ storybooks.