The French language is used in all sorts of ways. Poets use it as a lever to evoke emotions. So the words caress or hurt the readers or listeners. These emissaries provide them with images that may ...

THIRTY years ago I contributed to a New York magazine an essay upon analogy. It is a little curious that, so much later in life, my mind should again turn to that subject. Looking over what I then ...

Humans have a good memory, but it doesn't compare to some of our animal counterparts. Indeed, birds are able to follow the same migration routes, elephants retain watering holes, and dogs retain ...

Leonardo da Vinci is rightfully regarded as a genius for his fabulous paintings, medical discoveries, and original technologies, all described in Walter Isaacson’s wonderful biography. Isaacson ...