The power of language lies in its ability to reduce complex human behavior into one word, and \"quixotic\" happens to be one ...

Today’s word that we are going to discover the meaning of is Quixote. The word comes from a famous old book written more than 400 years ago. It became popular because of a unique story and character.

Throughout 2026, a bonus series of Close Readings episodes, some of them live, will occasionally pop up in this feed. In The Man Behind the Curtain, Tom McCarthy and Thomas Jones examine great novels ...

Memphis soul veteran Don Bryant has died, his family announced Friday, Dec. 26. He was 83. “Don loved sharing his music and songs with all of you and it gave him such great joy to perform and record ...

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"She only wants the best for Don," a source tells PEOPLE of Guilfoyle, whose four-year engagement to him quietly ended last year, "but she isn’t convinced Bettina is well-suited for Don or that what ...

Don Mattingly has decided to step away from his Blue Jays bench coach job, but not with the intention of retiring from baseball. Mattingly had been with the Blue Jays for three seasons and was ...

This conceptually ambitious, if uneven feature from Alejandro Amenábar portrays pre-fame scribe Miguel Cervantes as a Spanish hostage in a 16th-century Algiers. Those not expecting a more ...

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Artist Luis Quintanilla sketches a model for his mural at the University of Missouri-Kanas City. The artwork, "Don Quixote in the Modern World," was completed in 1940. Artist Luis Quintanilla fled the ...

George Francis Train was of a one-track mind. A 1939 World-Herald graphic about George Francis Train includes the erroneous legend of the building of Train’s Cozzens Hotel. Train School as it looked ...

If you're new to Georgia, or even a lifelong resident, you've probably stumbled over a few town names that look simple on paper but sound completely different when spoken aloud. From silent syllables ...