On April 26, 1478, the Pazzi plot exploded inside Florence’s cathedral during High Mass. Assassins waited for the communion signal before attacking Lorenzo and Giuliano de’ Medici. Giuliano was ...

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Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

As we approach the one-year anniversary of the Texas Hill Country flood, let’s not lose sight of the loss of life and ...