The Moral Dilemmas of Total War

The "Hamid Plan" for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire is well-intentioned but it misses something vital. The battle for Gaza is not an ordinary one.

This photograph of Stalingrad is from a post, “Unsung Witnesses of the Battle of Stalingrad,” on the site of the National World War II Museum, New Orleans.

Editor’s Note: We’re excited to publish this essay by

Tom Barson

, his first for Wisdom of Crowds. You may recall Tom’s rich debate with our very own

Samuel Kimbriel

from earlier this year. Tom is one of our most engaged and …