Thomas Jefferson was the closest thing to a philosopher-king we have ever had in the United States Jon Meacham rsquo s eminently readable and balanced new biography aims to recover the ldquo mortal Jefferson rdquo both philosopher and politician who blended the two roles in a way that reveals s
No one in 20th-century church history has attracted more controversy than Eugenio Pacelli.
The biographer tempts the reader to imagine: This life could have been mine.
When God entered into a covenant with Abram ldquo a trance fell upon Abram and a deep terrifying darkness enveloped him rdquo When Jesus took Peter James and John to the mountain to pray ldquo a cloud came and cast a shadow over them and they became frightened when they entered the cloud
The impulse to stand out, it seems, has been overtaken by the impulse to fit in.
Finally, Immigration; All the President's Men; Vive la France?