While I am not one of the truly deranged women who lust after Luigi Mangione, the alleged ‘hot killer’ of an American health insurance boss, the story of the attack in New York struck a chord ...

There is another figure whose role in the second Viking Age was equally pivotal: Thorkell the Tall. Arguably the most successful viking of the early 11th century, by the end of his life Thorkell had ...

Alexandra Petri is a Washington Post columnist offering a lighter take on the news and opinions of the day. Petri is the author of "A.P.'s US History: Important American Documents (I Made Up)" and ...