The praises and prizes awarded Cormac McCarthy’s novel “All the Pretty Horses” represent the fruit of one of the more successful literary snow jobs of our time. Why were people snookered by that book?

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. The recently passed Cormac McCarthy is known to most movie fans for No Country for Old Men. His novel became the film many would call the Coen ...

Dr. Jay Merriam spends his days making housecalls—checking hooves, administering vaccinations, and occasionally doing an ultrasound using equipment from his mobile hospital, a custom-rigged Subaru.

The horses are loved and well cared-for: A carriage driver returns her horse Star to a stall at Clinton Stables on the far West Side. AP When Hollywood gives us an animal film, it’s not enough to have ...

"I confess I don't really like western novels or western movies or western anything. But I happened to read Cormac McCarthy's All the Pretty Horses a few years ago and I loved it. It's a bit ...

Acclaimed writer Cormac McCarthy is dead at age 89. He died at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, of natural causes, his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf, confirmed to multiple outlets. In addition to being ...

One of the most-seen public artworks in the state looks pretty straightforward to most viewers: 15 life-size metal horses galloping across a ridge along the Columbia River. More than 5 million ...

Aaron Copland, best known for his classical compositions, brought the song into the concert world by arranging it as part of his Old American Songs. His version added depth and grace while keeping the ...

Word came down from Washington, D.C., last week: No more horse slaughterhouses in the United States. To which most people responded, “Are there horse slaughterhouses in the United States?” Yes, there ...