The miracle of Jonathan Edwards. He was born into an austere society, far from centers of learning, and yet become an Aquinas of Protestants ... more »
His legacy may be oppressive factory work, but in 1914 Henry Ford also gave America the $5 work day: “Social justice begins at home,” the company said ... more »
The talents of the painter and poet Max Jacob were legion. Their fullest expression may have come in an overcrowded prison cell for Jews in Orléans in 1944 ... more »