20 Sep, 2017
Presidential Bomb Threats at the UN
“Donald Trump denounced North Korea and its president Kim Jong-un as “depraved” before the United Nations Sept. 19, saying the...
13 Sep, 2017
“Top German politicians want US nuclear weapons out” — Did anti-nuclear actions propel issue into national elections?
“A series of anti-nuclear weapons actions between March and August at Air Base Büchel in Germany brought widespread media attention...
20 Aug, 2017
“We burned down every town in North Korea”
““We went over there and fought the war and eventually burned down every town in North Korea anyway, some way...
15 Aug, 2017
Peace Camp and War Games at Harvest Time
“BÜCHEL AIR BASE, Germany — The juxtaposition of nuclear weapons and ordinary farms is the same here as at home...
30 Jun, 2017
Rockets’ Red Glare and Bombs Bursting in Air
“A June 27 Pew Research Center poll says world opinion of the United States has plummeted since Donald Trump took...
6 May, 2017
United States Says ‘Yes’ to Nuclear Weapons Tests, ‘No’ to a Nuke Ban Treaty
“Twice in seven days the United States shot nuclear-capable long-range missiles toward the Marshall Islands, but the same government refused…”...
29 Apr, 2017
“Wherever it rains in the United States”
“Commercial media recollections of the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe almost always minimize its global impact. A New York Times editorial last...
14 Apr, 2017
Nuclear Power Bums, Bailouts and Bankruptcy
“You have to hand it to the nuclear industry for socializing costs and privatizing profits. Last year, lobbyists for operators...
3 Feb, 2017
Deliberately Irrational and Dangerously Ignorant
“Donald Trump said at CIA headquarters January 21: “Trust me, I’m like a smart person,” and “I love honesty.” If...
8 Jan, 2017
Federal Regulator Halts Move to Toughen Radiation Exposure Limits
“Work has been halted on two rulemaking projects that would have reduced the amount of radiation the government permits workers...
29 Dec, 2016
Tweeting While the World Comes to its Senses
“When Donald Trump Tweeted something about nuclear weapons Dec. 23, I thought he must be deliberately trivializing the Bomb to...
21 Dec, 2016
What Part of “Never Again” Does Mr. Trump Not Understand?
“Asked last year whether he would require American Muslims to register in a database Donald Trump said he “would certainly...
20 Dec, 2016
In Sentencing Radical Pacifists, Judge Miles Lord Assailed “Worship of the Bomb”
“Federal District Judge Miles Lord, who died Dec. 10 at age 97, could have given me 10 years once. Instead,...
22 Nov, 2016
Torture Charges against the US Considered by International Criminal Court
“US armed forces and the CIA may have committed war crimes by torturing detainees in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the International...
18 Nov, 2016
How to Scrap the Electoral College
“Sixteen years ago, as the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida transfixed the nation, the newly elected Senator Hillary Rodham...