Discipline and Love: The Daily Routine of Nathaniel Hawthorne
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Discipline and Love: The Daily Routine of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hawthorne developed his routine in his youth, and marriage helped his art blossom.
Charles Van Doren: Shame, Silence, and Redemption
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Charles Van Doren: Shame, Silence, and Redemption

This installment of ‘When Character Counted’ looks at the Ivy League celebrity who fell from grace and spent a lifetime making amends.
Harold Arlin: America’s First Radio Voice
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Harold Arlin: America’s First Radio Voice

In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a young electrical engineer who incidentally pioneers a new industry through the advent of radio.
Ronald Reagan’s Unprecedented Operation to Capture Terrorists
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Ronald Reagan’s Unprecedented Operation to Capture Terrorists

In ‘This Week in History,’ an Italian cruise ship is hijacked, leading the Americans to take an unprecedented step to bring terrorists to justice.
White House Hostesses Who Boosted America
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White House Hostesses Who Boosted America

Dolley Madison, Grace Coolidge, and Jacqueline Kennedy are among the women who left marks on both politics and American culture.

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Discipline and Love: The Daily Routine of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Discipline and Love: The Daily Routine of Nathaniel Hawthorne

Hawthorne developed his routine in his youth, and marriage helped his art blossom.
Charles Van Doren: Shame, Silence, and Redemption

Charles Van Doren: Shame, Silence, and Redemption

This installment of ‘When Character Counted’ looks at the Ivy League celebrity who fell from grace and spent a lifetime making amends.
Harold Arlin: America’s First Radio Voice

Harold Arlin: America’s First Radio Voice

In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a young electrical engineer who incidentally pioneers a new industry through the advent of radio.
Ronald Reagan’s Unprecedented Operation to Capture Terrorists

Ronald Reagan’s Unprecedented Operation to Capture Terrorists

In ‘This Week in History,’ an Italian cruise ship is hijacked, leading the Americans to take an unprecedented step to bring terrorists to justice.
Ernest Thayer: Reluctant Author of America’s Favorite Baseball Poem

Ernest Thayer: Reluctant Author of America’s Favorite Baseball Poem

The comic ballad ‘Casey at the Bat’ entertained the country while actor DeWolf Hopper took it around the country.
Anna Connelly: Inventor of the Modern Fire Escape

Anna Connelly: Inventor of the Modern Fire Escape

This inventor’s most famous patent has saved innumerable lives in the tall buildings of big cities.
White House Hostesses Who Boosted America

White House Hostesses Who Boosted America

Dolley Madison, Grace Coolidge, and Jacqueline Kennedy are among the women who left marks on both politics and American culture.
Letters From a Prison Cell

Letters From a Prison Cell

Faith in God kept Thomas More at peace as he awaited execution.
The Tribulations of the Mysterious Number 40

The Tribulations of the Mysterious Number 40

In cultural traditions the world over, the number 40 reminds us that trials and renewal go hand in hand.