His brilliant defense of American colonial rights at the outset of the struggle between England and its colonies marked James Otis, Jr. (1725-1783), a leading spokesman for the Boston patriots prior to the American Revolution. At a time when oratory...

James Otis, Jr., was a literary scholar, lawyer, politician, and polemicist of the American Revolution. Born in West Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to James and Mary Allyne Otis, James Otis, Jr., was the fifth generation of Otises in America, the...

Modernist: Clip off its "ist" and lower the "M" to make a milder, more livable version of the less-is-more philosophy and it might describe the work of Janine James and Jon Otis. This husband-and-wife design partnership, appropriately called The Moderns, is at work...

Hit songwriter and producer The songwriter and record producer Clyde Otis was noted for his long association with Brook Benton. He wrote both ballads and beat songs, but was at his best in reflective work which drew on his own life, such as...

A man charged with operating an illegal gambling business told investigators at least two county sheriffs accepted cash bribes to protect his enterprise, according to court papers.James Otis Henderson, 42, was busted after he attempted to bribe the Rutherford County sheriff, who was working for...

John Adams: Party of One, by James Grant. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 544 pages, $30. Any biography of John Adams that works anxiety, insecurity, worry and dread into its first paragraph is off on the right track. A host of superlatives attach themselves to our...