City of God by Augustine is worth stretching a little to read
Plus: the Enron scandal, and the first public viewing of a masterpiece
All Saints’ Day is a holiday Christians have been celebrating for centuries
Jordan J. Ballor | The Reformers laid the theoretical grounds for religious freedom
The Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union truly to the brink of nuclear war
Humpty Dumpty provides a cautionary tale
BACKSTORY | On lessons about unrighteousness learned amid a righteous war
Capt. William Toti | ESSAY | How cults of personality and the quest for glory spiked the World War II death toll—and may even have lengthened the Pacific war
As we lose World War II veterans, will we learn the lessons their war can teach us?
Plus: a brief history of a well-loved dish, and the 100th birthday of a British institution
