Longtime Library Head Resigns

In “City of Ambition,” Mason B. Williams explores what drove a patrician Democrat and a street-smart Republican to revive New York City from the Great Depression.    

Spend your weekend racing through Dan Brown's cinematic new thriller, 'Inferno.'

In this column: Edward Hopper drawings in New York, Chagall in Paris and ballet mementos in Washington, D.C.

It would be wonderful if companies brought back deleted or massively altered features that the public enjoys. Here are some examples, from car doors to orange juice.

Marcia Coyle skillfully reports on the aggressive turn the Supreme Court has taken under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.At his confirmation hearings for the position of chief justice of the United States, John G. Roberts Jr. parried skeptics with a reassuring metaphor: "Judges are like umpires," he memorably testified. "Umpires don't make the rules, they apply them. The role of an umpire and a judge is critical to make sure everybody plays by the rules. But it is a limited role."