Articles from April 2010

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Bryan Caplan, a professor of economics at George Mason University and a libertarian presents his Common-Sense Case for Pacifism.

The World Council of Churches has targeted 2001-2010 as the Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV). DOV “is a global movement that strives to strengthen existing efforts and networks for preventing and overcoming violence, as well as inspire the creation of new ones.” Their frequently asked questions provides a good introduction.

Yoko Ono’s Imagine Peace website (“Think PEACE, Act PEACE, Spread PEACE”) has lots of interesting material about peace, art, music, …

Doug Traversa, a retired Air Force officer who spent a year in Afghanistan, is now a student at Vanderbilt Divinity School and a Unitarian Universalist Lay Minister. He has written a Sermon on War and Peacemaking. (You’ll have to scroll down past some beautiful dog photos!)

Robbert Veen is a writer, philosopher, and theologian. He has a blog titled Mennonite Peace Theology, featuring “reflections on issues related to peace theology and ethics from a Mennonite perspective.” He has lots of interesting stuff, including his first post on The Origins of Violence.

How do you convince young men to go to war? Show them cool technology, competence, and potency. Appeal to their sense of adventure and comradeship. Give them comics: