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Reflections on the Women's Peace Encampment: 30 Years Later
Mark Hare is not the kind of person who strikes you as being aware that he played more than a minor role in changing the world. When I...
Nov 19, 20136 min read


Re-Thinking the Death Penalty: Religious & Pro-Life Leaders Voice Serious Questions
Concern about the death penalty in America is beginning to move through Evangelical and pro-life communities across the country. It’s...
Nov 19, 20134 min read


Supporting Non-Violence in Syria
The worsening violence and repression in Syria has left many analysts and policymakers in the United States and other western countries...
Nov 19, 201313 min read


PTSD & Military Suicides
There has been an increase in suicides of military personnel in recent years. It has become quite a major issue. In fact, more veterans...
Nov 19, 20133 min read


Choice: Texas: A Video Game About Abortion
Abortion advocates were outraged when Texas legislators decided to advance a law restricting abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and...
Nov 19, 20132 min read


Feminist Rookies in the Pro-Life Ranks
BY AUDREY SAMPLE As someone who fiercely defends the preborn, people sometimes try to stereotype me as being anti-women's rights. Some...
Aug 24, 20132 min read


I Am the Man Who Might Not Have Been
BY ALEX* *Names in this piece (including the author's) have been shortened or omitted to protect privacy. Photo provided by the author....
Aug 23, 20137 min read


Why I Hate the Draft
Like many believers in peace, I opposed the draft in principle, but I don't think I grasped the human face of it until recently. My...
Jul 29, 20133 min read


Star Trek Returns to Wrath
Among Star Trek fans – and I consider myself one – The Wrath of Khan is often hailed as the best film in the series. Driven by great...
Jul 29, 20133 min read


Stand4Life: Lessons from Austin
I left at 9 p.m. on July 6th, and returned home by 8 a.m. on July 15th. I gave up more than a week of what was supposed to be the most...
Jul 29, 20138 min read


An Interview with Heather Beaudoin of CCATDP
This is an interview with Heather Beaudoin, a national advocacy coordinator for Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty. ...
Jul 29, 20136 min read


A Student Speaks Against Unjust War at SIU Carbondale
The following is a transcript of a speech given at an anti-war rally by Nicholas Neal, a student at SIU Carbondale and a leader in the...
Jul 29, 20133 min read


Peripheral Matters: The "Kissing Cousins"
The consistent life ethic is spreading in the mind of the community. There is more and more discussion of it, even by pro-choice...
Jul 29, 20134 min read


It's a Fact: Conservatives are Concerned about the Death Penalty
When I told some of my friends that I would be going to the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to help launch...
Jul 29, 20136 min read


Viewer and Victim
“The Scourged Back,” so dubbed by Kathleen Collins, is an image that pops up in the mind of most people when thinking of American...
Jul 29, 201316 min read
Where Motivations meet Morals
According to Eric Garris of the website AntiWar.Blog, Oklahoma state representative Paul Wesselhöft will be leading an anti-war rally on...
Jul 29, 20134 min read


The Ongoing Struggle over Guantanamo Bay
Detainees at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have been on hunger strike since early this year. The strike began in...
Jul 29, 20137 min read


The Value of Mercy: Justice and Doctor Who
The television show Doctor Who receives an extremely intense devotion from many of its fans. Whovians discuss and dissect the show with...
Apr 2, 20135 min read


No More Abortion for Preborn with Heartbeats & Genetic Abnormalities in North Dakota
The North Dakota Senate approved two pieces of legislation in March that, if signed by the governor, will protect preborn children whose...
Apr 2, 20133 min read


What Feeds Rape Culture?: A Response to Portrayals of Rape in the Media
“It’s happening in your neighborhood, happening in your town, your village, your city,” Ohio Atty. Gen. Mike DeWine said about the...
Apr 1, 20134 min read
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