SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. — Inside one of the nation’s last surviving pencil manufacturers, Jason Glines heaved slats of wood imported from China through a cutting machine. He watched as blades ...

Anyone who has ever taken an SAT has had the sacredness of the No. 2 pencil drilled into them. But what makes a No. 2 pencil what it is? What separates it from a No. 1 or No. 4? And what makes a ...

“They don’t need to have 30 dolls. They can have three. “They don’t need to have 250 pencils,” Trump continued. “They can have five.” Trump didn’t explain why the “beautiful ...

I have long been a one-issue voter, and that issue is making sure American families can only buy their children a limited number of dolls and pencils. That’s why I proudly cast my vote for ...

So an effort was made to solve the problem by supplying the collating department with No. 1 pencils, which have a softer lead than the standard test-taking No. 2 pencils and therefore make a ...

So much for the whole world going digital: It turns out we’re still very much a nation of pencil pushers. The writing tool that we all remember from childhood is holding its own even in an era ...