Brad Paisley turned 53 years old on Tuesday (Oct. 28), but he's still a kid at heart. Just look at the birthday gift he requested! Most adults might request a luxury item, new electronic gadget or ...

Growing up, Chet Hawkins became very familiar with the restaurant business – it was all he ever knew. His parents, Rick and Leanne Hawkins, have been involved in La Crosse’s restaurant scene since the ...

Forty-three years ago this month, libraries around the country observed the first Banned Books Week. Its co-founder, Judith Krug, was the director of the American Library Association’s Office for ...

Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” published in 1884, is sometimes banned because of its constant use of the horrific term “nigger,” yet it is the least racist book imaginable.

On this episode of Start Making Sense, John Nichols on the military in the cities, and Adam Hochschild on Mark Twain. Jon Wiener Here's where to find podcasts from The Nation. Political talk without ...

We begin our adventure by the banks of the Mississippi River, where we see life through the eyes of a young boy named Huck Finn. Huck is a resourceful and spirited lad who knows how to survive on his ...

A few years before his death, Mark Twain wandered into a local library that refused to put The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on its shelves on the grounds that it was damaging to schoolchildren. When ...

The 'Father of the Bride' actress is a mother of two boys: Jasper and William 'Huck' Jamie McCarthy/Getty; Kimberly Williams-Paisley/Instagram Kimberly Williams-Paisley shares an adorable memory as ...

Kimberly Williams-Paisley is looking back at a sweet memory as she drops her son off at college. The Father of the Bride actress, 53, shared a snap of an adorable note her son William 'Huck', 18, ...

Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley are now the proud parents of a college kid, and they're feeling all the emotion that goes into that big life transition. The couple's oldest son Huck — one ...