“Love, no matter how pure and powerful, always needs the balance of wisdom for full and glorious expression,” write the authors of Tiffany’s Swedenborgian Angels in regard to the art glass window dedicated to the Angel of Pergamos.... Read More

“The lowing heard wind slowly o’er the lea, / The plowman homeward plods his weary way,” wrote Thomas Gray in Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. In Creating Dairyland, Edward Janus, historian, dairy farmer, and creator of... Read More

How to Read Churches is a pocket-sized guide for neophytes that’s convenient enough to tote while touring featured buildings ranging from Boston’s Old North Church to Vienna’s St. Stephens Cathedral. In it, Dr. Denis McNamara... Read More

“I love Duesenbergs,” said Jay Leno, host of the Tonight Show and owner of eight “Duesies.” Tyrone Power, Gary Cooper, and Greta Garbo were other Hollywood denizens that owned these luxurious motor cars. "The Allure of the... Read More

With both amigos laughing riotously “Oh Pancho!” “Oh Cisco!” were the enduring closing lines of each "The Cisco Kid" television show from 1950 to 1956. Starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo they were the Don Quixote and Sancha... Read More

Kathleen Bellow scurried up the stairs with her eight-month-old son, Hayden, as Hurricane Katrina raged. Kathleen’s husband, Frank, was already in the Boston Whaler alongside the submerging house. Kathleen looked down the steeply... Read More

Wearing an elegant Yves Saint Laurent suit with a black cowl, Patrizia Gucci stood up and listened to the magistrate in a Milan courtroom read the verdict. Guilty—for the murder of the father of her children, Maurizio Gucci, the... Read More

Cocaine Conundrum: “Bullets suddenly began to fly at us again, although from a new direction as our attackers circled to cut us off. We plunged on. Moving almost blindly now, our skins lacerated by the unforgiving brush, we finally... Read More