(WDBJ) - Writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau was born on this day in 1817. He embraced the Transcendentalist belief in the universality of creation and the primacy of personal ...

Inspired by writer and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, this day urges us to slow down, unplug, and embrace the beauty of a ...

That got me thinking that Thoreau should be the fourth instalment of my Historical Heroes series wherein I take admirable ...

Teri Pabst was one of the victims of Tuesday's double homicide in the Town of Middleton. But before that, she was a special education teacher at Henry ...

Actor Cheyenne Jackson turns 50 and NBA player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander turns 27, among famous birthdays for July 12.

Grant Wallace supplies chefs at Gunshow, Indaco, A Mano, Octopus Bar, and Seed Kitchen & Bar, and was a large supplier of pop ...

News about Henry David Thoreau, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Henry David Thoreau, writer, naturalist, and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, in 1817. When he graduated from Harvard in 1837, jobs were scarce, as a great economic downturn had ...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view ...

Instead of disruption, we need helpful protests that can bond a nation rather than break it even further. Activists could ...