Among the various theories of history and its interpretations, questions are often asked: Does one individual matter? Or, more aptly for the subject of this biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes: Does ...

Historian and journalist Budiansky (Code Warriors) delivers a well-crafted and accessible biography of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841–1935). Drawing on previously unpublished ...

On Nov. 10, 1919, in his famous dissent from the Supreme Court decision in Abrams v. United States, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes argued for “a free trade in ideas”—even dangerous ideas that we ...

Editor's note: Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. was featured in The Eagle's 2011 series, compiled and written by the late Brian Sullivan, that featured notable Pittsfield residents. This capsule is ...

Writing a century ago this weekend, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. created our modern understanding of the First Amendment. Supreme Court Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes around 1924.Credit.

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CAMBRIDGE (CBS) – The Cambridge Public Library has added a new piece to its collection – a letter by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. The letter, written in 1890, declines an invitation from the Cambridge ...

Jeffrey Rosen is president and chief executive of the National Constitution Center and a law professor at George Washington University. His new book, “Conversations With RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on ...

Prologue: "What a medley of a man!" -- Dr. Holmes's Boston -- A New England boyhood -- Harvard's regiment -- The wilderness -- "Society of jobbists" -- The common law ...

If you ever have a few minutes of spare time, read about the life of Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. Although he didn’t grow beyond 63 inches (you can do the math) and suffered from asthma as a child, ...

IT is high time, five years to a month after the first of this series of papers appeared in the Journal, to present a brief sketch of Boston's own doctor afield and laureate for a half century — the ...