Data reviewed by the Congressional Committee on Oversight and Government Reform weighed the financial pros and cons of relying on private contractors or paramilitaries, such as Blackwater USA,
Iraq
Jim Wallis 1-01-2008
Christian support for the Iraq war raises the critical question: To whom do we belong?
Diana Trepesowsky 12-01-2007
Sojourners magazine was recommended to me by my brother-in-law, so I sent away for a free trial issue.
Jim Wallis 9-01-2007
The war in Iraq should never have been fought, cannot be won, and must now be ended.
Rose Marie Berger, Jonathan Mendez 9-01-2007
William Cavanaugh 7-01-2007
History does not tend to be kind to Christian theologians who demand war.
In a New York Times article titled "A Catholic Debate Mounts on the Meaning of 'Just War'" published
Raphael G. Warnock 6-01-2007
Whenever there are billions of dollars and then billions more available to bomb Baghdad, but never enough to rebuild New Orleans, an American city, parts of which still look like a Third World coun
Celeste Zappala 6-01-2007
I am Celeste Zappala, of the First United Methodist Church of Germantown in Philadelphia, of Military Families Speak Out, and, sadly, of Gold Star Families Speak Out, because I am the mother of a f
Anonymous Iraqi Woman 6-01-2007
There were dozens of people in a bleak group. It's a very specific look, one you will find only outside the Baghdad morgue.
Colin Mathewson 6-01-2007
No one person, and yet seemingly every person in on the planning of this event, was in charge.
Khristine Hopkins 6-01-2007
Though I have stood weekly at a vigil for the last five years, been in several marches, and even participated in civil disobedience, I have never had the opportunity to do direct action in an inten
Bill Wylie-Kellermann 6-01-2007
Ambassadors. I'm a sometimes preacher, these days a Methodist holding forth among an Episcopal congregation in Detroit.
Rose Marie Berger 6-01-2007
Our children are coming home from the front lines- and they have questions.
Bob Francis 6-01-2007
I WATCHED FOR MONTHS as many of my coworkers devoted themselves to preparation for the Christian Peace Witness, including weeks of negotiation for the civil disobedience.
Helen LaKelly Hunt 6-01-2007
Rollercoaster feelings all around began with the storming weather that day. While it kept many away, for those gathered in the National Cathedral it seemed to enhance the energy of the evening.
Jenny Duskey 6-01-2007
I was born just before the United States entered World War II, and I've been participating in peace walks and vigils since the war in Vietnam. This was one of the best organized and deeply felt.