by Miguel A. De La Torre | Nov 14, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Before exploring the ethics of Nat Turner’s four-day slave revolt, it is important to plainly state my position, lest, as so often happens, people refusing to carefully read my writings impose upon them what they think are my opinions so as to dismiss me or my...
by Mitch Randall | Nov 2, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
Over 1,400 Israelis dead and 5,400 injured. Over 9,000 Palestinians dead and 22,000 injured. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.” The protracted conflict between Israel and Palestine has come to war. The barbaric acts of...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 30, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
My introduction to violence was intimate and domestic. My father’s fist met my mother’s face at night. Maybe that’s why I never want to see it again. Violence was familial, which made it familiar. Like the back of my father’s hand, I knew it when I saw it. Far from...
by Starlette Thomas | Oct 23, 2023 | Feature, Opinion
For or against, war calls us to take sides, which leaves the pacifist in a difficult position. While there are causes for which I would give my life, there are none worth killing people over. As a peace-worker, I would put my body on the line to ensure that the war...
by Miguel A. De La Torre | May 3, 2023 | Feature-, Opinion
Apologists seeking to save God from God are quick to remind us that the God of the Hebrew Bible was a God of justice in order to explain the violence found there. They contrast these texts with the God of the Christian Testament – seen through the lens of Jesus Christ...
