Readers may recall earlier posts on the problem of piracy off the coast of Somalia. The first was on April 15, 2009: http://wwwpopblogger.blogspot.com/2009/04/ships-of-wood-and-men-of-iron-whats.html
The second was on April 29, 2009: http://wwwpopblogger.blogspot.com/2009/04/go-navy-thanks-cmdr-castellano-seal.html
Mark Helprin, my nominee for best living writer of the English language, has written a piece in today's Wall Street Journal addressing the issue of piracy and how, in his view, it could be made to disappear. Here's a link:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203946904574300384116675114.html
