Presidential Medals of Freedom Awarded Today
This afternoon, President Barack Obama will present 16 people with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. It is the highest honor that can be awarded to a civilian. Among this year's honorees are...
View Article300th Birthday of Moralist Samuel Johnson
The famed moralist and writer Samuel Johnson was born 300 years old today. Randy Cohen, who writes The Ethicist column for The New York Times Magazine, gives us his take on what the crusty, eminently...
View ArticleNew Year in Sydney; Munich and New York Still Preparing
We sprint around the globe from east to west, beginning with a call from the future: Phil Mercer, BBC correspondent in Sydney (where it's already 2010) describes the fireworks display claimed to be the...
View ArticleSinging Spirituals at the White House
This song, “Lord, I Done Done What You Told Me To Do” echoed through the halls of the White House on Wednesday night.The song was performed by the Howard University Choir, as part of a White House...
View ArticleNew Yorkers Celebrate Arrival of La Antorcha de Guadalupana
Hand to hand, the torch was passed all the way from Mexico City to New York, finally ending its 72-day journey on Sunday at Saint Patrick's Cathedral amid hundreds of cheering families, folk dancers,...
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