The Journey

  Few runners have ever been as closely associated with the American running boom of the 1970s as Bill Rodgers. Known as “Boston Billy,” Rodgers won both the Boston Marathon and New York City Marathon four times, including three straight...

  Born into slavery nearly 2,000 years ago, he would eventually gain his freedom and become one of the most influential philosophers of the ancient world. Epictetus became one of the great voices of Stoic philosophy, teaching that character is...

  More than a century ago, a French writer made an observation about human nature that feels remarkably familiar today: we don't necessarily need new ideas. Sometimes we simply need to hear the important ones again. André Gide spent much of...