The educational snippets are the ultimate font of Gen X nostalgia. But what is it we’re nostalgic for? By James Poniewozik When I was in second grade, my teacher held a contest: The first students to ...

These are some of the lyrics that live on 40 years after they premiered on Saturday mornings on ABC television as part of “Schoolhouse Rock.” They were animated videos and songs invented by a jazz ...

I was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in an Israeli household where Hebrew was spoken and international events were discussed almost exclusively. When I moved to Ohio in the early 90s, I was ...