The complete online text of Paste Jewels by John Kendrick Bangs.

John Kendrick Bangs, as the invariable tripartite nomenclature on the spines of his many books might attest, was a genteel figure whose humorous writing is characterized by a gentle and, at times, unremitting wit, erudition, irony, and urbanity. He was n...

During the 1890s and into the twentieth century John Kendrick Bangs was one of the major humorists in the United States. As humor editor of Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Harper's Bazar, Harper's Weekly, and Harper's Young People for over a decade, he ha...

THE HOUSE today takes up the tax cut legislation that Speaker Newt Gingrich has called the crown jewel of the Republican Contract With America. It's a jewel made of political paste. No less a party stalwart than Chairman Bob Packwood of the Senate Finance...

ATCHISON, Kan. - The Benedictine Ravens put their 3-0 record and NAIA No. 2 national ranking on the line at 2 p.m. today at Ravens Stadium against William Jewell. The Cardinals might have a 0-3 record, but Benedictine coach Larry Wilcox knows...

Today is Thursday, Feb. 8, the 39th day of 2007. There are 326 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Feb. 8, 1587, Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England after she was implicated in a plot to murder her...