Henry David Thoreau might seem an unlikely candidate for a digital reformatting, but the State University of New York at Geneseo has given the author's most famous work, Walden, an online presence ...

Today is the 200th birthday of author, activist and abolitionist Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's individualist views and distaste for government make him a hero to many people across the political ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

CONCORD, Mass. – Henry David Thoreau went to the woods because, as he famously put it, “I wished to live deliberately.” Two centuries after the “Walden” author’s birth, people still deliberately ...

Another reason to read or reread “Walden” during trying times is that it gushes with sorely needed optimism and is laced with wit. And Thoreau befriends you by writing in the first person. As ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth — err, game. Henry David Thoreau wrote ...

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This month represents the 170-year anniversary of when Henry David Thoreau built his cabin at Walden Pond in Concord, Mass. In July 1845, Thoreau chopped down trees by the pond (owned by his friend ...

Henry David Thoreau might seem an unlikely candidate for a digital reformatting, but the State University College at Geneseo has given the author's most famous work, Walden, an online presence never ...

FILE - In this July 12, 2017 file photo, a couple walks along the shore of Walden Pond in Concord, Mass. Two centuries after Thoreau's birth, people are still following in Thoreau's footsteps to ...