In September 11, 2001, al Qaeda terrorists hijacked four passenger jets. They flew three of them into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The fourth was retaken by the passengers and […]
How nonproliferation became a dirty word
Coining a clever euphemism and co-opting a key nuclear term aid pro-nuclear forces in furthering their agenda.
Canceling end-timers' nuclear ticket to Armageddon
Embracing Armageddon, as well as creating the conditions for it, is blatantly un-Christian
Bring Back the Draft–the All-Volunteer Military Should be Retired
The United States gave up universal conscription in 1973. The Draft, as we all knew it, had been in effect since 1948, when President Truman and Congress re-introduced it. It was the […]
Shooting an arrow into the beating heart of nuclear weapons
Nuclear watchdog seeks to stop nuclear weapons where they begin — in the construction of the nuclear pits that house the chain reaction.
Redefining "pragmatism"
Ole Robert Gibbs sure let the cat out of the bag, didn’t he? Take that hippies, and by hippies i mean everyone to the left of and including Richard Milhous Nixon. Not […]
"Countdown to Zero" eclipses those on the true frontlines of disarmament
Is Countdown to Zero about nonproliferation for all — or just those with brown skin? Who or what mounts the frontlines of disarmament? Countdown to Zero, disarmament groups, the Obama administration?
If they'd listened to the scientists we might not need to observe Hiroshima Day
Opinions about using the bomb were solicited from Manhattan Project scientists — but not heeded.
GOP on START: Side dish of lard with that pork, please
Republicans are holding out for even more nuclear funds than the 15% increase to which Obama has already committed. In delaying START ratification, Republicans are sacrificing national security in order to lard their larders with more pork.
Israel playing with a fire it expects the U.S. to put out
American neocons openly express the hope that any Iranian response to the Israeli attack would trigger full-scale U.S. war against Iran.
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