“Shaker Loops” … “Hoodoo Zephyr” … “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” — the titles alone of John Adams’ musical compositions suggest he’d make a lively, witty prose writer. That proves to be the case in ...

In 1797, John Adams became the second American president, having won election by three votes in the Electoral College. Although George Washington had set a momentous precedent by relinquishing power — ...

A new HBO miniseries based on a Pulitzer-Prize winning biography by David McCullough aims to present an authentic portrayal of the life and times of America's second president, John Adams. McCullough ...

John Adams, the bookish and brilliant Founding Father who gave both the American Revolution and constitutional government their intellectual foundations, was chosen by the Continental Congress to lead ...

Lovers of classical music in the Southern Tier recognize Sam Goodyear as the sonorous voice that guides them through selections from his beloved Mozart and many other composers on WSKG radio. What ...

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough died August 8, 2022 at age 89. In this "Sunday Morning" interview, originally broadcast on July 1, 2001, he discusses his biography of an overlooked ...

Wait till you see the tar-and-feathering scene in HBO's "John Adams." Wait till you see an ugly mob of Bostonians grab a British taxman, strip him naked, pour a caldron of hot pine tar over his head, ...