Mark Twain

The Kennedy Center honored the comedian, who said he “fell in love with the idea of comedy” as something he could do for the rest of his life.

The prolific comic was honored at the Kennedy Center for a 25-year career that has included movies, TV series and many live events.

David Balton and Jane Stewart’s puzzle almost makes you give up before you even start, but you can do it.

A new edit of ‘The French Connection’ removes a racial slur. But nit-picking old artworks for breaking today’s rules inevitably makes it harder to see the complete picture.

A Columbia Business School professor argues that all innovators are “strategic copiers.”

Whither our aspirational Esperanto.

How a New York Times staple began, and what shaped how the pages read today.

Anne Bernays, the widow of the biographer Justin Kaplan, says Mr. Holbrook’s performance was “not impersonation; it was possession.” Also: Marjorie Taylor Greene; mourning on Zoom; owl sighting.

He carved out a substantial career in television and film but achieved the widest acclaim with his one-man stage show, playing Twain for more than six decades.

With Mary Todd Lincoln, Mark Twain and even Oscar Wilde, a mystery remains: How did Lafayette Cornwell get all these people to autograph his book?