On a jungle ridge in Guadalcanal, 800 Marines led by “Red Mike” Edson faced a relentless Japanese assault. Their stand turned ...

A little over 5 million years ago, water from the Atlantic Ocean found a way through the present-day Strait of Gibraltar.

It won’t be easy. Poor old Richard Rorty was jumped on from a very great height when all he said was that literature, poetry, patriotism, love and stuff like that were philosophically important. Art ...

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