Ann Mallen 7C0, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons Ever since 7 th  grade when I first learned of Ghandhi’s nonviolent protests, I’ve often pondered the elusiveness of peace. Someone once said to me, “Humans just aren’t wired to be peaceful,” and I disagreed. Yet, I acknowledge that it’s challenging to believe in humanity’s altruism when frequent, often horrific, violence erupts.   This is why we need Dr. Benjamin A. Peters, a political...