The new issue is now available at our website. Highlights:Daniel K. Finn on "prudence" in the bishops' teaching of economic and life issues; Robert K. Landers on JFK's keen awareness of the power of appearances, and how it helped him manage the Cuban missile crisis; and Paul J. Griffiths on atheists who don't hate religion. Also, fall books, including Paul Elie'sReinventing Bachand Robert Wilken'sThe First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity.And, two web exclusives: Margaret O'Brien Steinfels on whether race has a role in the current campaign, and E.J. Dionne on MittRomney as "product."

Dominic Preziosi is Commonweal’s editor. Follow him on Twitter.

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