Articles by: Peter Van Buren

Was Chelsea Manning Motivated By Moral Injury? 

Was Chelsea Manning Motivated By Moral Injury? 

  “My guilt will never go away,” former Marine Matthew Hoh explained to me. “There is a significant portion of me that doesn’t believe it should be allowed to go away, that this pain is fair.” If America accepts the idea of fighting endless wars, it will have to accept something else as well: that the costs of war are[Read More…]

by 19/05/2017 1 comment World
Apologizing To My Daughter For The Last 15 Years Of War 

Apologizing To My Daughter For The Last 15 Years Of War 

I recently sent my last kid off for her senior year of college. There are rituals to such moments, and because dad-confessions are not among them, I just carried boxes and kept quiet. But what I really wanted to say to her — rather than see you later, call this weekend, do you need money? — was: I’m sorry. Like[Read More…]

by 19/09/2016 1 comment Imperialism