One of the most widespread — and, I think, important — literary techniques is allusion. To quote J.A. Cuddon’s definition in “The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory,” an allusion ...

The New York Times' David Brooks and The Wall Street Journal's Bret Stephens are ranked among the Atlantic 50 for a reason. Today, the influential conservative columnists tackled the same ...

I would endorsed the reader’s view had the sports desk used “dark continent’. However, my dilemma arose from the fact that the headline was inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic, Heart of Darkness. The ...

At a recent White House press conference, reporters were browbeating President Bush with questions about his sale of Harken Energy Corp. stock in 1990, shortly before the price of Harken stock tanked.

Those familiar with Sterling Archer know that he’s a hypercapable spy, unapologetic jerk, and also, somewhat surprisingly, something of a bibliophile. His raucous one-liners are frequently peppered ...