UNIVERSITY PARK, Tex. — President Obama joined all of his living predecessors on Thursday to pay tribute to George W. Bush as the arguments of the past decade gave way, at least for a day, to a more ... Read more
DALLAS — For a former president, it does not get much better than this. Over the weekend, George W. Bush welcomed his first grandchild into the world. Next week he will welcome the arrival of his other ... Read more
FESTIVAL Live Ideas: The Worlds of Oliver Sacks. New York Live Arts. 219 West 19th Street, New York. April 17-21. The mind of the neurologist Oliver Sacks is at the center of the ... Read more
TIMBUKTU, Mali — When the moment of danger came, Ali Imam Ben Essayouti knew just what to do. The delicate, unbound parchment manuscripts in the 14th-century mosque he leads had already survived hundreds ... Read more
PARIS — “The 120 Days of Sodom,” by the Marquis de Sade, is one of the most perverse works of 18th-century literature. It tells the story of four rich “libertines” ... Read more