Some twenty years after the United States gained its independence from England, Haiti won liberation from French rule and slavery, becoming the first republic ruled by citizens of African descent. As a prelude to their own struggle, a... Read More

Learning the rules of English grammar can seem like putting together a complex puzzle with several key pieces missing. No wonder some young students develop speaking and writing habits by repetitive correction and sound recognition,... Read More

Patients trust a physician who listens to their problems and shows concern for their well-being. Such traits of human kindness should be fundamental to every doctor’s professional persona. Yet many assume a brusque, business-like... Read More

No matter what topic poets may choose to write about, their poems are rooted in the intuitions and emotions of their inner selves. Readers identify with some poems more than others, because they find their own internal intimations... Read More

Good poetry comes from a poet’s soul and touches readers’ hearts, thus sparking a natural affinity between poetry and spirit. The expression of specific religious ideas in verse sometimes fails to achieve that end, resulting in trite... Read More

Archeologists continue to study the remains of villas built during the Roman Empire to learn more about how the emperors and other people who inhabited them lived. In the past, far too many objects disappeared from these sites, taken... Read More

Expatriates living in a foreign country in wartime encounter fearful uncertainties. If fortunate enough to escape deportation or incarceration, they still must endure food rationing and shortages that can affect their health and... Read More

Poets as disparate as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Baudelaire, and Thomas Moore have put pen to paper to write about music. Music is accepted as a universal language to which we all respond, and poetry’s oral tradition speaks to... Read More