By Patrick T. Hiller December 20, 2013: “The War to End all Wars” never achieved what H.G. Wells implied with this term. On the contrary, World War I not only resulted in the death of more than 16 million humans, it also resulted in a victor’s peace directly setting the [...]

By Ira Helfand and Robert F. Dodge December 11,12,2013: As physicians we spend our professional lives applying scientific facts to the health and well being of our patients. When it comes to public health threats like TB, polio, cholera, AIDS and others where there is no cure, our aim is [...]

By the Diversity Chronicle December 5, 2013: For the last six months, Catholic cardinals, bishops and theologians have been deliberating in Vatican City, discussing the future of the church and redefining long-held Catholic doctrines and dogmas. The Third Vatican Council, is undoubtedly the largest and most important since the Second [...]

By Loucas Charalambous December 21, 2013: YESTERDAY was the 50th anniversary of the blackest day in the modern history of Cyprus. If we Greek Cypriots realised the role the events of December 21, 1963, played in our history, every year on this day we should go to the moat that [...]

Listen to this interesting radio interview with peace activists David Hartsough and David Swanson regarding their thoughts and proposals on ending all war. For more information, see this piece on the blog on War Is A Crime.org. ENDING ALL WAR: An Idea Whose Time Has Come -- For Our Children and [...]

In the 2000s a new idea emerged in global policy circles: that the international community has a responsibility to protect not just the sovereignty of nations, but individual lives around the world. United Nations documents codified the principle, stating that if a government was “manifestly failing” to protect its population [...]