“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.” Within weeks of their publication in July 1776, those words spread around the world. In August, a London newspaper reprinted ...

Victoria Harbour is Hong Kong’s most glamorous body of water. But Rambler Channel is where the free port’s work is done. The quays along its banks extend over more than 7km. Gantry cranes, ...

Mr. Marche is the author, most recently, of “The Next Civil War.” He wrote from Toronto, where he lives. You may not think of Chubby Checker’s “Let’s Twist Again” as an incendiary political anthem, or ...