Let's listen in for a moment to the gentle, awkward language of mass killing:"The employment or threat of employment of nuclear weapons could have a significant influence on ground operations. . . . Integration of nuclear weapons into a theater of operations...
Will Joe Biden end the endless wars or won't he?I have serious doubts that he has the will or political acumen to do so. But that's only a fragment of the question that needs to be asked, as we approach the twentieth anniversary of our global "war on evil."A far, far...
One thing that becomes clear to me when I wander into the world, and the minds, of geopolitical professionals – government people – is how limited and linear their thinking seems to be.When I do so, an internal distress signal starts beeping and won’t stop, especially...
"The people do not want war!"These were the words that did it, that knocked the composure out of me. I was standing at what felt like the heart of Chicago on a January afternoon, corner of Wabash and Wacker, next to the river and beneath the tower known as...
". . . and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war anymore."These lost words – Isaiah 2:4 – are nearly 3,000 years old. Did they ever...
Every time Donald Trump blurts or tweets a shocker – "maybe it’s the calm before the storm," for instance – questions flood the media.Is he serious? What did he mean? Yes, of course, but beyond these, larger questions hover half-asked, cutting into the soul...
