If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set ...

If January felt endless, February may be refreshing since it's only 28 days long. Thank the Romans for that oddity. Before the Gregorian calendar used today, Roman King Numa Pompilius (715-673 BC) set ...

February gets the shaft when it comes to days in the month. While other months last 30 or 31 days, February has 28 or 29, depending on the year. Why? Well, this video explains all of the fiddling that ...

Last Friday, as President Trump was addressing the Values Voter Summit, I was in Ann Arbor attending a two-day conference on the life and afterlife of Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome ...

Day 24, Month of Sextilis, 715 BC (Month 6 of the Roman Calendar; corresponds to August), the city of Cures, near Rome “We await your decision, noble prince.” The said ‘noble prince’ was Numa ...

For a month dedicated to flowers, candy, and chocolate, February gets no love. The woes of the year’s shortest month have been well documented: bad weather, disruptive leap days every four years, and ...