“A large cannon which is believed to have been used in [the] English Civil War (1642-1649), specifically, in the 1648 Siege of Colchester. The rhyme came about because as Colchester was under siege, ...

Eric Bogosian is one of our most singular and exhilarating commentators on American life. His award-winning solo performance works have been performed with acclaim all over the world. As the New York ...

It’s been awhile since news broke that Snakes on a Plane director David Ellis was planning a wild horror movie about an egg-shaped half-alien hunter of hillbillies. It now appears that instead of ...

OK, this is not a Woodward-and-Bernstein-Watergate kind of discovery, but it is big to me. Humpty Dumpty is not an egg. He/she/it is a cannon, a big ol' cannon used in the English Civil War (1642-1649 ...

Jack and Jill -- Diddle, diddle, dumpling -- Little Boy Blue -- Old Mother Hubbard -- Humpty Dumpty -- What are little girls made of? -- Cock-a-doodle doo! -- Little Bo-Peep -- Jack be nimble ...

"Uff uff me, or my hearts will break," cried daughter (D) when presented, at age 3, with her new baby brother (S). Already she was integrating nursery rhyme words with her own language. S used the ...