Twain's enduring relevance owes less to nostalgia than to the precision with which he exposed the patterns shaping American identity. Mark Twain's birthday on November 30 invites readers to revisit a ...

Mark Twain is an American icon. We now know him as the author of classics, but in his day he was a controversial satirist and public figure who traveled the world and lifted post-Civil War spirits ...

Trump has upended the national tradition of claiming, however hypocritically, that foreign intervention is not about power or ...