As violence explodes in Gaza, Ari Folman's striking war documentary is a must-see for hawks and doves alike.

Several months ago, when Ari Folman was promoting his new animated documentary, Waltz With Bashir, the film screened for a Palestinian audience in Ramallah, less than 40 miles from his home in...

The child-soldiers of Sierra Leone, coerced into violence by the older men who kidnapped them, were often given doses of "brown-brown," a dangerous cocktail of gunpowder and cocaine. They used it to prepare for killing.

Ecstasy is quickly becoming the Oakland street wars' own version of brown-brown.

A bit of...