LOUIS XIV’s finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert, believed that “the art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to obtain the largest possible amount of feathers with the smallest ...

Editor’s note: This article originally ran June 1. A crowd who call themselves “Friends of the Goose” gathered in Crystal Lake Park in Urbana on May 30 to honor a “special” goose who had lived at the ...

Correction: In the AWI Quarterly Volume 58, Number 4, the article entitled, "Down on the Goose and Duck Farm" states that Cuddledown.com sells down products manufactured from the live-plucking of ...

A good night's sleep can come with a hidden cost that consumers are likely unaware of. The highest grade of down, used to make the most comfy and costly bedding, involves a practice called ...