In the literary world, this year is shaping up to be a good one for fans of cultural criticism: There are new books about Better Call Saul and biographies of James Gandolfini and Lorne Michaels on ...

Then I had to detail what was wrong with the machine. Not all stand mixers are suitable for repair; the company no longer repairs models that start with “KN” and “K5FF.” Yet typically ...

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

Prominent among these are the Electric Telegraph, the Reaper and Mower, and the Sewing-Machine ... number sold, his books give a correct statement of the actual number of machines sold by the ...

Each December, journalist Liz Pelly observes Spotify Wrapped day with a mix of horror and hope. For the past decade or so, Pelly has been writing critical essays and investigations into Spotify ...

Cabins hold a special place in American lore. Abe Lincoln was a cabin dweller. Henry David Thoreau spent a couple of years in one near Walden Pond. Ethel Waters, on Broadway and in film, sang ...