This week's letters call for a return to past ideals — from treating others well to protecting democratic principles and institutions.

VIENNA — We had a very outdated impression of Vienna. We thought: fancy, black tie balls, classical music and opera, coffeehouses, cream cakes, and carriage rides. Vienna, we thought, was old ...

Who better to take on the responsibility of rehabilitating the imbalance at the heart of what many consider America’s greatest novel — Mark Twain’s ... his ability to argue with Voltaire ...

The only way to deal with them is to listen to the maestro himself: “Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” - Mark Twain Another tactic ...

Pearls of Wisdom from Mark Twain: Never argue with stupid people - they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. TGIF! 11 ...

The ‘Tom Sawyer’ and ‘Huckleberry Finn’ author had an inimitable ability to make Americans reckon with their dark history. In ...

Talk show veteran Conan O’Brien was feted with the Kennedy Center’s Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Sunday in a lively production that blended accolades from numerous colleagues with ...

In accepting the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the comedian mounted a bristling political attack artfully disguised as a tribute. By Jason Zinoman Jason Zinoman watched the ceremony at the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — On a night when half a dozen people made jokes about this being the last-ever Mark Twain Prize ... whose comedic persona has never been particularly political.