THAT question is quite frequently put to me. At first, I was unable to give an answer — any more of an answer than merely, ‘I don’t know, but I’m not.’ As a matter of fact, my reasons were purely ...

In the 1930s, anti-war feeling was widespread. In 1936, some 500,000 students, almost half of the undergraduates in the United States, participated in a strike against war and compulsory ROTC. During ...

As the United States lurched slowly into World War II, my grandfather Albert Q. Perry ran into trouble with his church for being a pacifist. Granddad was a Universalist minister, recently graduated ...

American civil rights leader Dr. Bernard LaFayette, Jr. was at the UA Thursday to teach students the importance of leadership and social change through non-violent means. “”The purpose for this ...

I’m grateful to Charles Lane for reviewing “Going Around,” the collection of Murray Kempton’s journalism that I edited (Bookshelf, June 3). I think it would please Kempton to be remembered so fondly ...

Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’s sake is no longer enough. Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’s sake is no ...

Pacifism runs have become rather popular among gamers recently. Many look at it as a fun challenge to complete a game without killing, or sometimes even damaging, other characters, especially in ...

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) transits the South China Sea with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Izumo (DDH 183). Credit: U.S. Navy Photo by Mass ...