Faster Than the Dead: A Case Study in Media, Leadership Choosing Peace instead of War
Life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries brings distinct challenges and opportunities for peaceful coexistence between…
War
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In the land of Yooks and Zooks
What you are about to read is a review of a children’s book which had been banned from…
The Prestige
“Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called ‘The Pledge.’ The…
Adaptation to Conditions
In August when the world’s focus was fixed on the most costly ever Olympic Games in Beijing (estimated…
Has “the Clash of Civilizations” Found Empirical Support?
Samuel Huntington first published his article “The Clash of Civilizations?” in 1993. Later, in 1996 he published “The…
Montaigne and the Ottomans
Essays are like flexible rhapsodies.”1 They are freer, arbitrary, and subjective as compared to a more rigid, systematic,…
Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation
Thomas Petriano, Ph.D, is the chairperson of the Religious Studies Department of St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, NY.…
September Eleven
I am not sure we will ever know the truth about the causes of this terrible tragedy. There…
Politics in the use of Terrorism
Since the assassination of Caesar, terrorism has continued to appear in the political arena as an ever-developing universal…
Democratic Peace: Perpetual Peace is Possible
The twentieth century was the bloodiest century in human history. From 1900-96, approximately 110 million people died during…
Our Word is Our Weapon: Selected Writings of Subcomandante Marcos
On January 1, 1994, the day that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) begins, a new revolution…
Utopia as a Form of Madness
For a state to function successfully, its rulers must have a realistic vision. This is acquired by building…
Religion and Human Conflict
People disillusioned by false practices of faith, as well as the nonreligious, argue that religion brings only fear,…
Islam in Japan
A part from the natural hurdle of the sea which surrounds the islands of Japan, the spread of…
The All American Way The Military And The Media
The 1991 Persian Gulf War provided a testing ground for many of the latest war machines. It also…