Conn Hallinan’s 2012 “Are You Serious?” Awards
Each year Conn Hallinan awards news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of “Are you serious?”
A Bomb-Free Future for Laos
Forty years later, unexploded bombs from America’s secret war in Laos continue to kill dozens each year.
The Curse of Cluster Bombs
U.S. cluster bombs continue to kill and maim impoverished Laotians, but the war criminals responsible have never been brought to book.
A Cluster of Fallacies
The U.S. rationale for skipping the cluster bomb negotiations is truly off the wall.
America AWOL on Cluster Bombs
More than 100 countries are meeting to ban cluster bombs. Where’s the United States?
A Cluster Bomb Treaty: Again, It’s the U.S. v. the World
The cluster bombs endangering civilians in southern Lebanon were “Made in the U.S.A.”.
The Vishnu Strategy
The world’s strongest militaries have been raining destruction down on Afghanistan, Iraq, and Lebanon. Why has this strategy not been working?