For the 11th year in a row, the Institute for Economics and Peace says Maine is the country’s most peaceful place. (My state of Connecticut ranks No. 14.)
China, India and South Korea are beefing up their military arsenals with weapons from the United States, Russia, Germany, France and the UK, says Thalif Deen at Al Jazeera.
You can read more details in the latest report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: SIPRIFS1203, including this:
Who’s making the most money off of war? You can watch a slide show of the top 10 here, and see that Connecticut-based United Technologies made the list. Wrap your mind around this:
Global sales of arms and military services by the 100 largest defense contractors increased in 2010 to [...]
tribal inclination is an adaptive response to the threat of coalitional aggression and intergroup conflict perpetrated by ‘warrior males’ in both ancestral and modern human environments.
Think there is such a thing as ’warrior females?’ Xena says yes.
Think we may be hard-wired toward intolerance – or
