John Adams (Paul Giamatti) is a respected lawyer and farmer in Boston. After the Boston Massacre he is sought as a defense counsel for the British sentries involved by their commander, Captain Thomas ...

A sharp trader from Holland, Minuit did not go Dutch. He paid — straight out — the equivalent of $24 for all Manhattan. Today it costs more to just get ...

The R-rated comedy One of Them Days opened to number during a quiet weekend at the movie theatres while Wolf Man opened in a disappointing third place. The damage of the Los Angeles wildfires has ...

A. K. Smiley Public Library has many new biographies to choose from, with more coming soon. Selections include presidents, ...

After John Wood and Willard Keyes settled on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River in the 1820s, they petitioned the Illinois Legislature to create “Adams County”, with their founding ...

"The only president to ever avoid an inauguration was the guy that's about to be inaugurated," Biden said in December 2024.

The 2025 Golden Globes aired live on CBS last night and is now still streaming on Paramount+. See the list of winners in both the film and TV categories. Mufasa scares Sonic 3 off top spot at ...

I’m proud to announce my first Literary Contributors Hall of Fame class. But first, I want to thank everyone who has contributed to my email columns. You have no idea how much you mean to me.

The next year the Commission recommended special attention to the papers of five persons—Franklin, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Hamilton and Madison. The Commission’s report provided a ...

In his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump reached back into history to signal how he will implement his promise ...