Summer 2024 Understanding the Gaza Crisis David Hulme Is understanding the current crisis in the Middle East simply a matter of determining who is right and who is wrong?
Summer 2024 Shepherds of the People Daniel Tompsett History suggests that people have long drawn the comparison between rulers and shepherds. Where did this metaphor originate, and does it still apply today?
Spring 2023 How English Became So Popular Donald Winchester In a globalized world, an international lingua franca is arguably inevitable. What are the implications of English being today’s “world language”?
Winter 2023 From Cowboys to Sacred Cows Gina Stepp Justin A. Joyce, author of Gunslinging Justice, discusses the far-reaching cultural legacy of the western film genre.
Fall 2022 Racism or the Human Race? David Hulme Where does the idea of race first appear in history? And what are the implications of making race a category of human beings?
Fall 2022 Colonialism’s Painful Legacy H. David Trujillo Jr. Coming to terms with aspects of the colonial past is essential to building a more equitable world.
Fall 2022 In Search of the Great Leader David Hulme Humility is a rare trait in leaders. Even more rare is the kind of humility that always puts the good of others ahead of personal gain.
Summer 2022 When We Talk About Statues . . . Donald Winchester The controversy over whether and how to venerate historical figures raises fundamental questions.
Winter 2022 The Making of a Hero Donald Winchester The World War II story of a young man in the Polish Underground invites us to consider what we idealize in others.
Spring 2021 The Cost of Your Coffee Donald Winchester For centuries, Africa has suffered at the hands of opportunists seeking to enrich themselves at the continent’s expense, with far-reaching results.
Winter 2021 Is the Past Just a Mirror of the Present? Donald Winchester Values play a key role in our understanding of history. A shift in those values may demand that we recontextualize the past.
Spring 2020 Give Me Your Migrants David Hulme Vision reviews Donatella Di Cesare’s 2020 book Resident Foreigners, in which she proposes a new philosophy of migration.
Spring 2020 Why We Build Walls H. David Trujillo Jr. Are border walls the best way to ensure safety from outside forces?
Winter 2019 Breaking the Middle East Impasse David Hulme Is there hope for a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian impasse in what some have called “a dangerous neighborhood”?
Return of the Dictators? David Hulme Insight Video: The 20th-century Age of the Dictators is over, but that doesn’t mean it can’t come back in a different form.
Winter 2018 Hope Without Change Donald Winchester Politicians often promise change, yet they seldom deliver. Still, we keep hoping that next time will be different. It’s a vain hope, and here’s why.
Summer 2016 China and the Future of the World Donald Winchester Understanding China’s current place in the world requires looking at the nation through a non-Western lens.
Winter 2016 The Permanence of War Ron Dodgen A look back over two thousand years of nearly continuous warfare suggests that violent conflict is inevitable in the human sphere.