Friday Puzzler: Why the US Kills Its Enemies, Answered
By Taylor Marvin Last week we asked why the US suddenly seems to have litte interest in capturing…
Month: September 2012
20 posts
Moderates of the World, Unite!
Guest post by Lindsay Heger and Roberta Spivak When they released their short “film”, the filmmakers behind “The…
The New World, Largely Same as the Old One
By Steve Saideman My friends on Twitter got a bit outraged yesterday over this New York Times speculative piece on…
Blasphemy and Violence, 2012 vs. 2006
Guest post by Ron Hassner What can the 2006 Danish cartoons riots teach us about the current pattern of…
Embodying Coercion: State Repression in 21 Objects
By Christian Davenport About 2 weeks ago the New York Times (the once unparalled bastion of all things…
Friday Puzzler: Why Does the US Suddenly Prefer Its Enemies Dead?
By Barbara F. Walter It used to be that the United States liked to take its enemies alive…
Things to Do This Weekend: Washington, DC Edition
By Tanisha M. Fazal I don’t live in DC but, if I did, I’d be planning to bear…
Political Violence Thought of the Week
By Erica Chenoweth “CAR SMASHINGS AHEAD, JAPANESE CAR OWNERS SHOULD TURN BACK NOW” – sign held by a…
Income Inequality’s Strange Relationship to Violence
By Elaine Denny and Barbara F. Walter A strange pattern recently caught our eye. Numerous studies about murder…
Precipitants Are Not Preconditions
By Joseph Young Some pundits, politicians, and others who prefer sound bites like narratives that rest on a…