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March 22, 2021
The Pentagon Turns ‘Feminist’
For many years, male U.S. citizens have been required to register with the Selective Service, an independent agency within the Executive Branch of the U.S. Federal Government, so that they can be located in the event that it becomes necessary to reinstate military conscription. The most recent military draft was ended after the Vietnam War, … Continue reading The Pentagon Turns ‘Feminist’ →
March 15, 2021
“Women and the Never-ending U.S. Wars”
Interview by Rick Barrett of Laurie Calhoun on The Barrett Brief. Topics discussed include: –calls for women to be included in the Selective Registration Requirement –whether the Pentagon is really “woke” or just opportunistic –the drone operator recruitment crisis –what drone operators have taught us about the nature of PTSD –the moral and psychological danger … Continue reading “Women and the Never-ending U.S. Wars” →
March 4, 2021
A Perfect Totalitarian Storm
People often express consternation over how something as awful as the Holocaust could ever have transpired. It seems utterly incomprehensible, until one reflects upon the acquiescence to government authorities of individuals, most of whom served as unwitting cogs in a murderous machine. The vast majority of people in 1930s and 1940s Germany went about their … Continue reading A Perfect Totalitarian Storm →
February 26, 2021
The New Banality of Killing (Book Excerpt)
Excerpt from We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age., chapter 6: “The New Banality of Killing,” pp. 133-154. References (in parentheses) are available in this free audiobook supplement. ‘The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. … Continue reading The New Banality of Killing (Book Excerpt) →
February 8, 2021
The Real Problem with Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS)
With the extremely rapid advances in technology made in the twenty-first century, many aspects of human life have transformed irrevocably. One of the most significant changes involves norms regarding the commission of intentional, premeditated homicide by governments. The practice is today termed “targeted killing,” but it differs only in the implement of death from what … Continue reading The Real Problem with Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) →
September 24, 2020
How governments get away with murder
Destroying the Village to Save it: Executive Overreach in Fearful Times https://libertarianinstitute.org/arti...
August 21, 2020
Covid-19 and Collateral Damage: Killing versus Letting Die
Here’s a new essay at the Libertarian Institute: COVID-19 and Collateral Damage: Killing vs. Letting Die
June 9, 2020
Brown Lives Matter, too. (Book Excerpt)
Excerpt from We Kill Because We Can: From Soldiering to Assassination in the Drone Age., chapter 6: “The New Banality of Killing,” pp. 133-154. References (in parentheses) are available in this free audiobook supplement. ‘The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. … Continue reading Brown Lives Matter, too. (Book Excerpt) →
April 16, 2020
Audiobook of We Kill Because We Can on sale at Nook Audiobooks
This deep discount will end on June 1, 2020. https://www.nookaudiobooks.com/audiob...
October 6, 2019
What’s Conspicuously Missing from the Big Bad Brexit Debate Drama?
Originally posted on We Kill Because We Can:
? My informal survey yesterday of a random sample of the good people of the village of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, and my short random exit poll survey this morning both revealed a strong outpouring of support for Brexit. None of the people with whom I spoke struck me…
? My informal survey yesterday of a random sample of the good people of the village of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, and my short random exit poll survey this morning both revealed a strong outpouring of support for Brexit. None of the people with whom I spoke struck me…
