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The Bridge Builder An old man, going a lone highway, Came, at the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm, ...

As we advance in the spiritual life and in the practice of systematic self-examination we are often ...

While traveling in France, author William J. Lederer was so touched by the actions of an American Navy Sailor ...

Welcome back to our ongoing series on classical rhetoric. Today we'll cover the three means of persuasion ...

Harry Houdini. “The Handcuff King.” “The Man Who Walked Through Walls.” Master Magician. Escape ...

Habit From Ethics for Young People By Charles Carroll Everett, 1861 In speaking of the influence of ...

This is the second in a series on classical rhetoric. In this post, we lay the foundation of our ...

Awhile back, I was taking a tour of a cave in Missouri. As our trolley rolled through the cavern, I was ...

A Psalm of Life By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow What the heart of the young man said to the ...

Maybe you've been using calling cards for quite some time. Or perhaps you recently invested in a set when ...

As many of you know, I read a lot of biographies on the lives of great men from history. The part of a ...

Editor’s note: Tomorrow marks the US observance of Veteran’s Day. In the weeks preceding this ...

The spoken word is an extraordinary thing. Each language and its intricacies are in a constant state of ...

What creates great men? What made Ted Williams the greatest hitter in the history of baseball? What made ...

Editor’s note: In the weeks preceding the US observance of Veteran’s Day, we will be publishing a ...

Editor's note: In the weeks preceding the US observance of Veteran's Day, we will be publishing a three ...

This is Part II in a series designed to give readers a primer on the simple basics of some of the major ...

Aesop's fables might seem like "kid's stuff," and certainly their short nature and anthropomorphic characters ...

Editor's note: This is a guest post from Gianpaolo Pietri. Some of the most influential men in our ...

“No answer still. I thrust a torch through the remaining aperture and let it fall within. There came forth ...