The treaty’s offhand attitude toward the non-European world stirred up resentments that lingered for decades.

John Sexton’s passion and commitment are infectious, and one cannot help hoping along with him that our universities will be able to realize the great aspirations that he has for them.

Joe Bonomo's well-written take on Roger Angell's musings on baseball.

A devotee of the opera, Brown eagerly gave tickets to his students, hoping to get them totally immersed in the arias he loved.

The pain wasn’t in dying/ but in belief in you, that you required of me

Before the St. Louis Blues beat the Boston Bruins in Game 7 on June 12 to win the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup for the first time in the team's 52-year history, Twitter was alive with hopes for a little divine intervention for such a victory.