A billionaire, affairs, and an alleged honey trap at the hands of the Chinese government. This week, Vlad and Kelly are going inside the world of honey traps, Romeos, and sexpionage. With former intelligence officer and historian, Mark Jacobson, and investigative journalist and author of “The Game,” Neil Strauss, they unpack how spies exploit attraction,…
Reflecting on this week’s historic midterm elections, in which voters were asked to weigh in on whether our nation will maintain the ideals of equality, dignity, fair play, and the rule of law, historian Jon Meacham says that Americans overwhelmingly answered – and that democracy has prevailed. Source link
What does Tuesday’s seismic election say about America today? Perspective from Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Jon Meacham: In his long retirement in Independence, Missouri, Harry Truman spent a great deal of time musing about democracy and history. “The country,” he remarked, “has to awaken every now and then to the fact that the people…
The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET. “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.) Hosted by Jane Pauley COVER STORY: Seeking relief from chronic painAbout one in four American adults lives with chronic pain, defined…
An amateur historian has stumbled upon a provocative clue to the enduring mystery of what became of a notorious pirate who raided a royal Indian treasure ship centuries ago, implicating a co-conspirator whose name is familiar to many New Yorkers. James Bailey, who five years ago made headlines after unearthing ancient coins believed to be…
Public servants going into government to clean things up? Sounds cliché! But at the Jones Island Water Reclamation Facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that’s job number one (and number two). As our guide Bill Graffin explains, this 101-year-old pioneering feat of engineering treats as much as 400 million gallons of wastewater each day. So, before the…
It’s trite but true; Jimmy Stewart played the Everyman better than everyone. He had the gawky innocence to be an idealistic senator, in “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; an eccentric with a six-foot-tall rabbit pal in “Harvey”; and a depth, in “Rear Window” and “Vertigo,” that even Alfred Hitchcock found mysterious. But it was director…
In this web exclusive, Hollywood historian Sam Wasson, author of the biography “Frank Capra: A Life,” talks with Lee Cowan about Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed’s emotional performance in Capra’s 1946 film “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and how the director created a timeless classic – even if it wasn’t the box office giant he’d hoped…
Harper We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. Returning to movie screens after his service in World War II, actor Jimmy Stewart was nervous about appearing in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life” – a film now acknowledged as one of his very best. In his biography of the…
The legal challenges to President Trump’s proposed memorial arch are mounting, with the District of Columbia and Virginia suing in federal court Saturday as the administration says construction could begin as early as next week. There are now three lawsuits calling for a halt to potential work on a monument that would rise 250 feet…
