Brigitte Bardot’s death shrinks Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ list to just 3 living names

Brigitte Bardot dies at 91, leaving only three people alive from Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire" song. The French ...
Independent Journal Review

Only 3 Remain from Billy Joel’s ‘We Didn’t Start the Fire’ Litany of Names

Singer Billy Joel included many names in his song "We Didn’t Start the Fire.” Some had already passed, while others ...

36 Hours in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy

A snowy playground for the conspicuously wealthy and a co-host of the 2026 Winter Olympics, this tiny Dolomite town is ready ...

A Case for Beauty in a Fleeting World

Genius is a lightning bolt. Very few of the slings and arrows that we will inevitably suffer could ever be fashioned into ...
Archaeology

The World's Oldest Writing

SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...