In the wake of the recent Connecticut elementary school massacre–as well as similar massacres in the US over the years–some people are wondering if violence is in our genetic makeup or if it resides in our culture (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this talk). Since we share over 90% of our genes with chimpanzees, primatologists are studying animal violence in order to try to answer this question.
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In the Bible, Jeremiah 31:15 and Matthew 2:18 both tell the same story: "A voice was heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, Refusing to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more."
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In a dynamic new Insight, Jerry Mazza reveals that the alleged movie theater killer had ties to DARPA, The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the US Dept. of Defense which is responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military!read more
Linda Howe reports that on May 17, 2012, an FBI and Homeland Security "Roll Call Release" for Police, Fire, EMS and Security Personnel was distributed on the internet. The release states that "terrorists may seek to emulate overseas attacks on theaters here in the United States because they have the potential to inflict mass casualties and cause local economic damage." Was the Aurora shooter James Holmes, like army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hassan, who killed 12 soldiers and one civilian at Fort Hood in 2009, a jihadist who was "turned" by the internet?
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