From Lewis Hamilton to Prince Harry, stars are increasingly striking the White Continent off their bucket lists.

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Californians tolerate high taxes but get terrible services. Citizens should demand better governance and accountability.

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

It’s well-documented that all Americans—not just kids—are reading less in their leisure time than in decades past. The share ...

Reading achievement has been stagnant in the US for decades, raising questions about what other methods might work to help ...

Atwood's 'Book of Lives' has to be the most spectacular, hilarious, and generous autobiography of the last quarter century — ...