From the Archive

There are 3000 film festivals every year, but these are at the top of the class.

Once upon a time, newspaper comic strips were as influential in molding American pop culture (and the way we spoke) as television and social media are today.

Reader Aly, returning from a trip, asks, “What does the TSA do with all those confiscated items? Mostly, they confiscated my shampoo and I want it back, but I am also curious.”

As Boardwalk Empire concludes its fourth season, Atlantic City consultant Vicki Gold Levi shares her real-life recollections of the city’s glory days.

These groups eschewed typical protests for something a little more creative.

Posters and prints just don’t do great works of art justice—especially these. Take a trip to the right museum’s gallery and have a one-on-one with these masterpieces, or wait for the right tour and jump at them.

You’d think that if you lived on a small cul-de-sac with only four houses, it would be simple: The house numbers would simply be one, two, three and four. But Government is not about “simple.”

DEAR A.J., I went to my local diner, and they served me a glass of ice water—with a dead mosquito in it. I asked the manager what he planned to do about it. He said he’d give me a “free glass of water.” What should I have done?

Canines have inspired all kinds of words—and they’re not the only animals to have done so.

Animals have always been important to the lives and livelihoods of humans, so it’s no wonder they've left a mark on language.

Ever wonder how the number “101” came to describe the basic or introductory level of any and everything?

Hindsight tells us that Word of the Year candidates have not always fared so well.

No one over the age of Disney really believes that being a princess is really all it's cracked up to be.

Put these masterpieces on your playlist and you'll never hear music the same way again.

GEICO’s delightful customer service would have been wildly popular in any era. Luckily these weird fads are all stuck in the past.

Love is patient. Love is kind. And often, love is denoted by the Greek root -phile.

Beyond Julia Child, Anthony Bourdain and even Alton Brown exists a culinary world limited only by human imagination and gag reflex. Here we explore some lesser known but very intriguing cookbooks.

Some words can be pronounced with two different syllable structures. What’s more interesting than fighting about who’s right is understanding why these differences arise.