Why I Love America: How Baseball Taught an Orphan From New Jersey Life Lessons
JOHN J. MONTELEONE
The young, 8-year-old Andy eyed the baseball arching high in the air, down the right field line into foul territory, as it
The young, 8-year-old Andy eyed the baseball arching high in the air, down the right field line into foul territory, as it
For Mary Heffernan, being an entrepreneur is a lifestyle, one that demands complete attention and commitment—and, sometimes, a willingness to sleep on
It started with Frank. Frank the fiddle-leaf fig, that is. When Hilton Carter bought—and then named—his first houseplant in 2014, he didn’t
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
“I once shook hands with Pat Boone and my whole right side sobered up,” the actor and singer Dean Martin once said.
On August 21, 2010, Chad Robichaux stood in the middle of the Toyota Center before thousands of cheering fans. He had just
Out in the roughly 112 million acres of land that are designated as “wilderness areas” by the federal Wilderness Act of 1964,
I am an immigrant. I grew up in poverty in post-World War II Italy. We had dirt floors and no running water
Quietly nestled along the Narraganset Bay, the Marble House was the first of the stone palaces to be built in Newport—transforming the
When Diana Diaz-Harrison strolls the halls of her schools, she is reminded on a daily basis why she loves education. She has
If you ask what education means to people, most will think “school.” If they are jaded, “debt.” But for the first great
Li Fan, an expert in baroque and early music, recently returned to playing the modern violin. It was a bigger adjustment than
Sonya Curry likens her family to The Big Machine. Every member of the family plays a part in helping the household run
Mike Rowe, America’s perpetual apprentice, has been giving viewers a front-row seat to our country’s dirtiest jobs for nearly 20 years. The
Learning how to apply the Pythagorean theorem while on a construction site, earning competitive wages per hour, all while working toward a
It was mainly for the well-being of their 10 children that Carolyn and Josh Thomas struck out to start their own family
Among the constitutional amendments, the First is the most sacred. Its guarantees of the freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and the
What does it take to forgive someone who tried to kill you? To Virginia Prodan, it was simple. Being a woman of
Babies’ chew toys, Batmobiles, rocket engines—Art Thompson makes them all. Thompson is a modern-day da Vinci, the rare sort of individual these
When historical American homes are in need of preservation and an exquisitely traditional makeover, their homeowners have turned to interior designer Cathy
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