Correspondence

For one exuberant decade John Eberson built “atmospheric theaters” that were part architectural history, part circus, and wholly enchanting to the audiences that sat beneath their starry ceilings

For two hundred years the United States patent system has defined what is an invention and protected, enriched, and befuddled inventors. As a tool of corporate growth in a global economy, it is now more important than ever.

As industries expanded, the care and feeding of patents became a key element in corporate strategy.

To the end of his life America’s most infamous traitor believed he was the hero of the Revolution

For a century now it has been a haven to some, an outrage to others—and it is one of the very few social institutions that have survived their founders’ world

The maker of a fine new documentary on the Civil War tells how the medium of film can evoke the emotional reality of history