Proverbs are our civil religion. The meaning of the proverb “All’s fair in love and war” would appear to be plain enough: There is no limit to what’s necessary to achieve our ends. Simply put: ...

They may not be Han and Leia, but the characters Syril Karn and Dedra Meero tell their own story — about power within a relationship and outside it.

‘All is fair in love and war’ is certainly untrue, both legally and morally. A rational pacifist will watch out not to be too good to the bad because that will always mean or end up in being ...