In a new book, the historian Kim Phillips-Fein chronicles a “shadow tradition” of anti-egalitarians who fought against America’s founding ideals. By Jennifer Szalai Blending autobiography with ...

Even after California’s high-speed rail system finally brings passengers south from Merced to Kern County, it could be several more years before the first bullet train finally pulls into Bakersfield.

California’s high-speed rail project is changing course again in Bakersfield, holding off plans for a downtown station and shifting the proposed stop to a site north of 7th Standard Road. Michael ...

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The 7th Continent, a game that emerged from a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, has not only met but exceeded the high expectations initially set for it. It's an immersive game that draws ...

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The race to replace Representative Nydia Velázquez has become a battle of left vs. lefter. Claire Valdez, a democratic socialist assemblywoman; Antonio Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president; and ...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga is a seminal work of fantasy that spawned one of the best film trilogies ever created. Tolkien's story of good vs. evil is built around timeless themes of ...

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Whether you recognize it or not, you're always reading on the golf course: your putts, the wind, the lie, your opponent's reactions. Reading is, indeed, fundamental for a golfer on the course, but it ...