How to Be a Better Conversationalist, According to 5 American Presidents
Sandy Lindsey
When an American president speaks, it is heard around the world. Their words of wisdom are just as applicable to our everyday
When an American president speaks, it is heard around the world. Their words of wisdom are just as applicable to our everyday
Deep in the woodlands of upstate New York, in the early 2000s, a group of elite artists who had escaped persecution in
Decoys originate from man’s efforts to lure waterfowl. Whether hunting with nets, traps, or firearms, hunters came to value decoys as highly
Talmage Boston: The name rings of American history. A lawyer by trade, Mr. Boston has written his way into the society of
There is perhaps no single endeavor in the human experience so filled with equal parts love and worry than raising children. Levi
I’m not sure why I react as I do, but when I hear our national anthem and see our Stars and Stripes
Though James Monroe is hardly the most memorable president, his foreign policy doctrine known as the Monroe Doctrine is without question the
The Mark Twain House & Museum resides befittingly in Hartford, Connecticut, in the charming, historic neighborhood of Nook Farm, once a thriving
A “white Mulan?” That’s weird, they bluntly told her. Katherine Parker, an award-winning dancer with Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier
The count was full, the bases loaded. Jesse Browde stepped out of the batter’s box, took a deep breath, and fixed his
Michael Reagan, eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, political commentator, author, radio host of 26 years, and holder of five powerboat racing
Gary Cooper is synonymous with the Golden Age of Hollywood. He was one of its most successful box office draws. He was
On the evening of March 31, 1943, American musical theater entered its Golden Age. That was the night the curtain at Broadway’s
Rarely is a man remembered for who he was when he was so overshadowed by what he did. In the case of
Quietly nestled along the Narraganset Bay, the Marble House was the first of the stone palaces to be built in Newport—transforming the
Big Sur is not so much a destination as a state of mind. The landscape and wildlife speak to the naturalist in
In the autumn of 1885, Cornelius Vanderbilt II paid a little over $400,000 for a summer cottage in Newport, Rhode Island. The
Our house has brought together two people—my husband and myself—along with 17th-, 18th-, and early 19th-century hand-water-colored prints of flora and fauna
While from a distance Fonthill Castle does much to evoke its European counterparts—with its imposing, bulky countenance, its heavenward towers and spires,
“The magic garden has taken the place of the desert. He who saw the land three years ago and sees it again
Some 30 miles away from the hectic buzz of New York City, America’s wealthy elite once built luxurious mansions along Long Island’s
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