Whoever he was, his secret went to the grave with him, but its effects are still felt today. Holy Cow! History is written by novelist, former TV journalist and diehard history buff J. Mark Powell.

Supermarkets’ cake mix shelves feature the Big Three. There’s Pillsbury, whose Doughboy is a cartoon character. There’s Betty Crocker; sure, her pretty face is on the box, but it’s a ...

Rebecca Roland is an editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of Los Angeles’s food scene. Los Angeles barbecue restaurant Holy Cow is closing its ...

A woodcut by Paul Revere on the cover of ‘The Massachusetts Calendar; or An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1774,’ featuring Death and a devil attacking Massachusetts royal Gov.

Already made to be the laughingstock of the internet on multiple occasions within the last year alone, Vance has been catapulted into the meme-o-sphere ... In the letter, the Holy Father directly ...

The Elon Musk-led agency met with museum leadership to discuss the organization’s “legal status” as the Trump administration continues its attacks on federal arts funding. A man takes a ...

Marcel Hug, of Switzerland, right, and Susannah Scaroni, of the United States, hold up the winner's trophy after winning the men's and women's wheelchair divisions during the 129th Boston Marathon ...

The Founding Fathers were a quiltwork of conflicting personalities. George Washington was dignified and coolly aloof. Thomas Jefferson went around with his head in the clouds. John Adams was ...

The one (and perhaps only) thing Americans seem to agree on these days is political rhetoric is too toxic. They long for folks to cool down and behave like dignified statesmen from that long-ago ...