The human quest for transcendence and meaning has not disappeared with modernity, but has adapted to the evolving cultural ...

While this is the time of year for fun prop bets, gameday meals and Super Bowl squares, it is also the time to research Roman numerals. Every NFL game during the regular season is referred to by the ...

CM Punk, John Cena, and now Roman Reigns. The Big Dog and The Tribal Chief is back in the Royal Rumble and his presence alone makes him a favorite to walk away from the match a winner. All week ...

In the best restaurants along the Bosphorus strait Roman Abramovich’s high dining is setting tongues wagging as much as it once did in London. “I love Abramovich so much,” enthuses Omer ...

It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

John J. Miller is joined by Jane E. Calvert to discuss ‘Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania’ by John Dickinson. National Review’s national correspondent and professor at Hillsdale College ...

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Ruins on the Palatine Hill in Rome. Credit: Lalupa / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 Many people are familiar with the legend of Romulus and Remus, which supposedly explains the origin of the ancient ...

Parents all want their children to marry someone they think is the best, and for former Mediacorp actress Evelyn Tan, that person was not Darren Lim. In a recent episode of Mediacorp reality travel ...

Winkler, who wrote a book about the salute. There is no Roman art, writing, or coins that display the gesture, according to Winkler. "The gesture of the raised right arm or hand in Roman and other ...

Covered by a thin layer of soil, the artwork depicts a variety of hunting scenes from the Roman era. A charred wooden roof that fell atop the tiles hundreds of years ago may have preserved the ...

This year's version of the NFL's biggest game is Super Bowl LIX — or Super Bowl 59, if you're not well versed in Roman numerals. Unlike the other major American sports leagues, the NFL uses ...