To appreciate the act of offering comfort for the victims of war, there are few better sources of inspiration than Walt ...

As wars sow pain and loss around the world, poet Walt Whitman's devotion to the wounded during the U.S. Civil War should inspire acts of compassion today.

In 1833, hundreds of thousands of shooting stars inspired songs, prophecies and a crowdsourced research paper on the origins ...

Looking at constituencies or issues misses the big point. On Tuesday, nihilism was on display, even a death wish, in a society wrought by cynicism.

Oxford believed that his wife had been unfaithful to him while he was away on a European tour and (for a time, at least) seems to have doubted that he was the father of her first child. Hamlet says to ...

And Walt Whitman wrote a long essay titled “Democratic Vistas.” The author of “Leaves of Grass” (1855), whose poems are still found in every anthology of American poetry, felt moved to address the ...

Only about 12 seconds remained when Gabe Latkovich put Whitman College's NCAA Division III men's basketball team ahead with ...

Her resignation comes a few days after Republican candidate Donald Trump won the presidency. Whitman said she is proud of leading a people-centered agenda that saved lives, increased security ...

US Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman tendered her resignation to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, November 13 Presidential aspirant Reuben Kigame expressed joy at her resignation stating that he had ...