Fred Rogers, best known as Mister Rogers, once wrote: “The values we care about the deepest, and the movements within society that support those values, command our love. When those things that we ...

LET Us NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN (471 pp.)—James Agee, Walker Evans —Houghton Mifflin ($6.50). This remarkable work came close to never seeing print, let alone the literary respectability of a new edition ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

You bet I get provoked! Lots of things going on in the world, even in my local community, provoke me, in the sense of what that word normally means ... inciting me to strong negative feelings, even to ...

For some, it's the last real taste of innocence, and the first real taste of life.

Chilean-born pianist Antonio Flinta, based now in Italy, catches the ear with his solo piano presentations. His alone-at-the-keyboard albums include Secret Of A Kiri Tree (2022) and 2023's marvelous ...

A mother starts loving her child even before birth. A mother's love is considered the purest and most selfless. However, due ...