Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day , one of several such memorial days worldwide. Last year, The Guardian ran a short, exc...

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s most famous speech is the obvious choice for the day. It's worth revisiting periodically both as a remind...

(The Best Posts of the Year, Chosen by the Bloggers Themselves) (A 2008 Jon Swift picture , relevant every presidential election season....

(or Slightly Amused a Dozen People) (Gentlemen of great erudition and culture. GIF version of the bottom one here .) Earlier this year...

(Click on the comic strip for a larger view.) In 1959, Pogo creator Walt Kelly wrote: The eleventh day of the eleventh month has always ...

On Armistice Day (or Veterans Day , or Remembrance Day ), it’s an especially good time to pause and reflect. Those most eager for war are ...

It's the end of Banned Books Week , which celebrates reading challenged and banned books. I've written more extensive posts on th...