Opinion Corby Burger | 20 Apr 2015 Electronic Empathy: Video Games as Media The conflict in Syria is a humanitarian catastrophe on a massive scale, with hundreds of thousands dead and millions of others forced to flee their homes. Recently, the BBC has … Continue reading "Electronic Empathy: Video Games as Media"
Opinion Amy Brown | 9 Apr 2015 Gender and the Draft At the age of 18, all male citizens of the United States are legally required to register for the Selective Service, so that they may be called to serve in … Continue reading "Gender and the Draft"
Lying in the Military A new study conducted by the U.S. Army War College has found that U.S. Army officers regularly lie, and that the Pentagon is fully aware of that behavior. Former Defense … Continue reading "Lying in the Military" 19 Feb 2015 | Amy Brown
Repurposing Buchenwald: Housing Refugees Should refugees seeking asylum be housed in former concentration camp barracks? Schwerte, Germany, is planning to house 20 asylum seekers in a satellite post at former Buchewald concentration camp. While … Continue reading "Repurposing Buchenwald: Housing Refugees" 16 Jan 2015 | Amy Brown
Conflict Antiquities: Is there a Future for the Past? This Guest Scholar post was written by Rebecca Schindler, professor of Classical Studies at DePauw University. Seven thousand years of history in the Middle East is on the brink of … Continue reading "Conflict Antiquities: Is there a Future for the Past?" 8 Jan 2015 | Guest Author
Weaponizing Food and the CIA Torture Report The experience of food is one that runs to the core of our being. As humans, it is such an essential part of our lives that we rarely stop to question its … Continue reading "Weaponizing Food and the CIA Torture Report" 10 Dec 2014 | Conner Gordon
Hypocrisy: The Universal Trait of Mankind Hypocrisy is the practice of claiming to moral standards or beliefs to which one’s own behavior does not conform. Hypocrites are usually disliked and seen as lacking moral fiber. Many … Continue reading "Hypocrisy: The Universal Trait of Mankind" 5 Dec 2014 | Guest Author
Peaceful Conflict: A Question of Privilege Last month, Prindle sponsored a visit from Conflict Kitchen, a restaurant in Pittsburgh that exclusively serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is currently in conflict. So far, Conflict … Continue reading "Peaceful Conflict: A Question of Privilege" 12 Nov 2014 | Natalie Weilandt
Conflict Kitchen will be hosted Oct. 27-30 by Prindle, Conflict Studies and the Art Department The Conflict Studies Program, The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics, and the Department of Art and Art History are thrilled to announce an upcoming visit by artists Jon Rubin and … Continue reading "Conflict Kitchen will be hosted Oct. 27-30 by Prindle, Conflict Studies and the Art Department" 14 Oct 2014 | Prindle News Hound
History's (Un)Truths Fifty years, two months, and one week ago, a US destroyer was attacked (or was it?) by the North Vietnamese in the Gulf of Tonkin, off the coast of North Vietnam. … Continue reading "History’s (Un)Truths" 12 Oct 2014 | Eleanor Price
Striking Syria: Civilian Casualties The White House announced that it has adopted a looser policy on airstrikes against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria. The United States has been conducting airstrikes against ISIS, and … Continue reading "Striking Syria: Civilian Casualties" 30 Sep 2014 | Amy Brown
