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‘Modern Warfare 3′ Fans Turn to Bomb Threats, Dramatic Heists

November 9, 2011Erik Kain

It’s no secret that the highly anticipated new first-person-shooter, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was going to inspire some intense reactions from fans, but the stories surrounding the game’s release are just getting more and more bizarre. In France, not one but two shipments of the game were robbed at gunpoint. Thieves made off […]

The Decline of Violence and the New Peace

September 28, 2011Erik Kain

Steven Pinker has an interesting article in the Wall Street Journal on the decline of violence across the world, and the decline of war. Pinker suggests a number of reasons for the decline in war, from the state’s monopoly on violence to the rise of global commerce. He also includes this chart: Charts like […]