Category: Articles & Videos
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Why are Men so Violent?
As I write this, another shooter in the U.S. is being cast as someone who was “descending into madness”. This man is older than other shooters we’ve seen recently—and he had plenty of money too. So we wonder, what was his motive? We naturally want to understand what causes a person to create a plan…
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A Seat at the Table
In a world where demonizing and scapegoating are all too common, what role might an emerging process for criminal justice play? In this essay, I explore the overlap of my personal experience with something called Restorative Justice. [divider line_type=”Small Line” custom_height=””] Earlier in my career, in an unfortunate series of events, I experienced going from being respected…
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How Humans Become Monsters
As our culture becomes more polarized, it becomes more tempting to label those who disagree with us as “monsters.” But what do we really mean when we say someone is being monstrous? And how willing are we to see our own monstrous tendencies? To explore this, I’m going to go where monsters originally came from:…