On Aug. 4, 2,750 metric tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate exploded in the port of Beirut, Lebanon. Over 300,000 became homeless, 6,000 injured and more than 180 died in what is now one of the...

His voice was soft as he whispered into my ear, his left hand holding mine firmly, our fingers intertwined. “And if you break your own rule, then what?” My mind, though numbed by rum, was still flooded...