Am I allowed my fantasies?’ Joan Baez ponders lifelong pacifism in Trump-inspired poem - POETRY: Last year, the acclaimed ...

The event, held annually in conjunction with the Community of the Cross of Nails and the Coventry Cathedral in England, reminds participants of Jesus’ emphasis on reconciliation and of Christian ...

Shortly after September 11, a customer at the Olympia Candy Kitchen offered Carrie Stoltzfus a bracelet made with red-white-and-blue cloth, and inscribed with the words “Freedom: 1776 to 2001.” She ...

Finlay Whittlesey was the archetype of an idiosyncratic, old-school professor. He taught mathematics at Trinity College in Hartford for more than 41 years while continuing his own research on ...

Novelist Nicholson Baker argues that more negotiation with Hitler might have saved Jewish lives, a view shared by few historians. If there is a holy grail for pacifists—an argument that would prove, ...

What does it mean to be a pacifist? Pacifism is, of course, a philosophy, an idea defined by Webster’s dictionary as being in opposition to war or violence as a means of settling disputes. It may also ...

THE GREEKS DIDN’T HAVE A WORD FOR PACIFISM. The term, according to Funk & Wagnalls, is of recent coinage, although of obvious derivation, and a “pacifist” is defined as “one who opposes military ...

Abington Friends School in Jenkintown has a no-nonsense dress code: To conform to Quaker philosophy, students may not wear T-shirts that promote violence. In practice, though, not all violence is ...

Last year, the acclaimed singer and civil rights activist Joan Baez published her debut poetry collection. Today, she shares ...