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Atlantic City
So, uh, had no idea that was going to go over so well. Front page? All day? Sweet crumbs. Thanks, of course, for all the compliments, but extra thanks to everybody who commented, both at The Atlantic...
View ArticleCluster Munitions Go Boom.
I have an article up at The Atlantic today on cluster munitions in Libya – how they got there, why that sucks, etc. I’m pretty pleased with how it came out, even as the writing process bore out the...
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Libyan Arms: They’re Not Staying Put And It Might Cause Problems
I sure wish somebody would tell me what is going on in Libya. “The situation in Libya poses quite some problems for West African countries,” a statement said. An unrelated image of a Giant West African...
View ArticleThe Arms Trade Treaty Doesn’t Care About Your Guns
I’ve got a post up at UN Dispatch on the Arms Trade Treaty and how it won’t take your guns away, regardless of what Larry “Chicken Little” Bell wants you to believe. And hey, you’ll even be able to...
View ArticleMassive Italian Weapons Cache Goes Missing, Possibly Given to Libyan Rebels
I’m a crap blogger. I know. But look! I wrote something! It’s up at UN Dispatch, my other bloggy home. And here! Full text! Exclamation points! A substantial cache of weapons has been removed from an...
View ArticleThe Dust That Pancho Bit Down South Ended Up in Lefty’s Mouth
Two weeks ago I had a piece up at the Atlantic about American guns and the Mexican drug war. I really have nothing more to say about the subject; I’m just putting the link up here for posterity as I’m...
View ArticleThe Anti-Piracy Business – Warning Shots and the Rules of Engagement
I’ve had an interest in the private maritime security industry and the international regulations thereof ever since a friend’s ship was taken by pirates a couple years ago, so when friend of the blog...
View ArticleWeapons Still Don’t Make War
Colin S. Gray notably claimed that “weapons don’t make war.” Gray did not mean that no relationship existed between weapons, policy, and strategy, but that as instruments, weapons only have meaning in...
View Article“I’m Not Dead Yet!”: The UN’s Arms Trade Treaty is Still a Thing
The month of July was an acrimonious one for those on opposite sides of the arms control debate. More so than usual, that is. Hosted by the United Nations, the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Conference met...
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Gunfight and Glock: Book Reviews
I’ll be honest, I haven’t been able to bring myself to read much about Sandy Hook. I know roughly what happened, but that’s as far as I can get, because this is such an abominable failure of a society...
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