Word: apocalypticism
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Distance once helped dampen the effects of human wickedness, and weapons once had limited range. But evil has burst into a new dimension. The globalization, democratization and miniaturization of the instruments of destruction (nuclear weapons or their diabolical chemical-biological stepbrothers) mean a quantum leap in the delivery systems of...
When Harvard comes up in conversation at the Bus Stop Bar on Western Ave., the University sounds more like an apocalyptic invader than the new kid on the block.
There are many, many people—and many of these, Christians—who think that “love, justice, and righteousness” require us to stop a brutal dictator who threatens the peace of the world, and who quite conceivably could endow terrorists with tools of...
Although the Chechens inside the theater have vowed to die, the history of such standoffs suggests that the longer the stalemate persists, the greater the chances that the attackers, confronted with their own mortality, will look for a way out. One option reportedly being negotiated is a deal giving them...
Saddam Hussein struck at Israel in 1991 precisely because he wanted to undermine the U.S.-led alliance and turn the Gulf War into a religious war. Back then, the Israeli leadership was wise enough to restrain itself, knowing full well that the U.S. would protect Israel and her interests. The...