Duped by the Beast of War

War is really an epidemic of madness. It is an irrational phenomenon that can’t be stopped or controlled with rational arguments, for its source is the shared unconscious of humanity.

Glory in the Highest (Part Three)

But wait a minute. What about all the people who don't have enough to eat and a comfortable place to sleep? How about the victims of war and epidemics, and the oppressed who live under the rule of tyrants, and the innocents whose lives are distorted by bigotry? Where's their glory in the highest? Why should they feel grateful? Part Three of a three-part series.

Israel is Outgassing Its Unhealed Trauma

Trauma warps the emotional and psychological lives of human beings. Understanding how trauma operates in the psyche and exhibits itself through behavior in the outer world can help us to illumine the underlying process animating events in Gaza.

Reinventing Collapse

The Cold War lasted so long because the opposing superpowers were evenly matched. Now that the US has no superpower competitor, could this spell the demise of America?

Back to the Cold War?

As the conflict between Russia and ex-Soviet republic Georgia drags on, the chilly international politics of the Cold War era threaten to rise again.

Kung Fu: Preparation for Armageddon

While modern artillery might have rendered
traditional hand-to-hand combat obsolete, martial arts and yoga
attendance is skyrocketing. Perhaps by embracing
the warrior archetype we can reduce the need for mass
armed conflict and survive this coming age.

Onward to Afghanistan: Midwifery in A Warzone

How many friends do you have who died in childbirth? Can you imagine one in seven, as it would be if you lived in northern Afghanistan? What does "reproductive freedom" mean in an environment where mothers are dying in childbirth on a regular basis?

An MRI Scanner Darkly

Ivan “Chip” Frederick, the 40 year-old son of a coalminer and a homemaker from Oakland, Maryland, describes his mother as supportive and caring, and his father as very good to him. All of his life he has attended Baptist church services, and to this day considers himself a spiritual and moral person. But in 2003, Frederick attached electrodes to the left hand of Satar Jabar, the Iraqi prisoner whose hooded spectral image was to become the iconic representation of Abu Ghraib’s atrocious descent into hell. Under Frederick’s watch, prison guards observed or directly participated in the torture or humiliation of numerous prisoners. What drove him into barbarism?