*Originally published on March 27, 2013, by Relevant Magazine. Ten years ago this month, the U.S. government, claiming a connection between the September 11th attacks and dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded Iraq. At the time, it was difficult to find a critical mass decrying, or even cautioning against, the rush

*Originally published July 5, 2011, by Relevant Magazine. About 1,600 years ago, a French priest was declared Bishop of Tours by public acclamation. The priest’s name was Martin, after Mars, the Roman god of war. His father managed to get him into an elite military unit, the one