James Rowell

“National security” may sound like an abstraction, but in reality it’s anything but

There are many arguments in favor of Just War Theory, but none so potent as the reality of human sinfulness

Reinhold Niebuhr asked the question “Does civilization need religion?” in 1929 and his answer is relevant as ever

Aung San Suu Kyi won a Nobel Peace Prize before, shockingly, declining to condemn genocide in her own nation. What happened?

What was the vision Gandhi had for a post-British India?

China’s invasion and annexation of Tibet in 1950 has too long been a forgotten episode of history

Thomas Paine was an inspiration to the founders and still has lessons for today

We must always foster a love that has a capacity for forgiveness with a vigilance to observe and enforce the law.

When the variable spirit of human justice stands against the relative constant of greed and power, sadly it is the latter that often wins

There is a fundamental ambiguity in the ability of humans to both good and evil