“We know enough of its extent, its composition, and the various forms it took, to feel sure that it was neither an accident nor a scheme. It was no man’s contrivance, but an historical development.”

An introduction to Mark Twain's "A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage"—a work written for these pages 125 years ago and published here for the first time

"It was hard preparing to risk your life for something you don’t believe. It eats away your soul." An ex-Army officer contemplates contemplates the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan, and his recently completed third combat tour.