Much gets written each holiday season about the desperate need for peace in our world. And yet, despite these universal admonitions for peace from political and religious leaders across every creed, culture, race and religion around the world, I sometimes wonder if there’s something buried deep within the human genome that drives our need for constant sabre rattling and conflict. Some would say it all goes back to Cain and Abel. After all, since time immemorial, humans have subjected each … [Read more...]