King Argimēnēs and the Unknown Warrior

Memorial of the unknown warrior.

Who would you describe as a major benefactor of humanity? charles Darwin or albert Einstein? Louis pasteur or alexander Fleming? William Shakespeare or Wolfgang amadeus Mozart? i made my choice when i lay on an operating table and watched, on a screen over my head, the surgical procedure taking place. i felt no pain; the lower half of my body was desensitized by spinal anaesthesia. after the op...

Peace and the Divine Warrior

The Male-Warrior Hypothesis

Evolutionary scientists argue that human cooperation is the product of a long history of competition among rival groups. There are various reasons to believe that this logic applies particularly to men. In three experiments, using a step-level public-goods task, we found that men contributed more to their group if their group was competing with other groups than if there was no intergroup compe...

Stan Glantz, tobacco warrior.

Stan Glantz’s voice carries the conviction and decibel level one would associate with a man who, with a handful of other courageous souls, has stood up to the mighty tobacco industry. A man who has played a key role in revealing to the world how over the past four decades tobacco executives have concealed the findings of their own scientists that tobacco kills and that nicotine is addictive. Ye...

YHWH is a Warrior