August, the eight month, is the second to be named after a Roman emperor, this time Augustus. He is said to have chosen this month for his own because he'd had a number of military victories in Sextus ...

Just one more note before we go. It's been a hideously hot month around much of the country, and we say good riddance to July. Here's a poem by John Updike read by NPR's Tom Cole. TOM COLE reporting: ...