ICAN’s Nobel Peace Prize is Humanities Rx for Survival
“Friday’s award of the Nobel Peace Prize for 2017 to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) draws attention to the catastrophic humanitarian…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Common Dreams, Satish Sharma’s Rotigraphy Blog, The Smirking Chimp, Baltimore Nonviolence Center, The Sunburg News, The PeaceWorker Date: October 8,9,10,11,16,2017 464 Words For the full […]
Today is the day
“Today, September 26, is the International Day for the Total Abolition of Nuclear Weapons. This day, first proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Sierra County Prospect, Antiwar, Common Dreams, World Beyond War, The Smirking Chimp, Al-Ayham Saleh, Transcend Media Service, Gilmer Free Press, The Sunburg News […]
Nuclear Weapons, Natural Disasters, Bullies and Your Doctor
“The world watches as the natural disasters of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and the earthquake off Mexico wreak their devastation, waiting…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Counterpunch, Common Dreams, The Smirking Chimp, The Hur Herarld, The News International, Sierra County Prospect, Ripha Information Portal, Gilmer Free Press, Newberry Observer, Rinf Alternative News Date: September […]
Hope this Hiroshima Day
“Finally, 72 years after the US dropped the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and three days later on Nagasaki…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Antiwar, Chagrin Valley Today, The Sunburg News, The Johnstown Breeze, Counterpunch, Common Dreams, Bainbridge Island Review Date: August 6,7,9,September 26,2017 495 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
A Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty – Rx for Survival
“Nuclear weapons have threatened humanity for 72 years, ultimately becoming the greatest eminent threat to our survival…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Antiwar, The Smirking Chimp, Counterpunch, Common Dreams, Environmentalist Against War, Bainbridge Island Review, The Elizabethton Star, Gilmer Free Press, LA Quaker blog, The Daily Press, Newberry Observer, The Sunburg News Date: July […]
The American Healthcare Act: who would Jesus kill?
“The Republican-controlled House of Representatives finally executed their plan to end Obamacare and in so doing initiated a death sentence for thousands of Americans…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Sierra County Prospect, Common Dreams, The Western News Date: May 8,9,12,2017 479 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Tax Day – the Nuclear Option
“”Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value,” Former vice president Joe Biden quoting his father knew…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Common Dreams, Counterpunch, The Smirking Chimp, The Times and Democrat, City Watch, Global Research, Ventura County Star Date: April 15,16,17,18,2017 484 Words For […]
2 ½ Minutes to Midnight – Our World in Peril
“The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced Thursday its latest nuclear Doomsday Clock. In so doing they moved the symbolic minute hand ahead 30 seconds…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Las Vegas Informer, Sierra County Prospect, The Sunburg News, Gilmer Free Press,KPC News, The News International, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center, Mint […]
Martin Luther King and U.S. Politics: Time for a U.S. Truth and Reconciliation Commission
“On this Martin Luther King Day we find a nation deeply divided. Perhaps at no time since the U.S. Civil War has there been a greater divide in our country…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Counterpunch, RICentral, Portside Date: January 17,19,2017 963 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Coming to our senses regarding nukes
“As part of President-Elect Trumps daily tweets this past week he stated: “The United States must greatly strengthen its nuclear capability…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Common Dreams, The Free Weekly, Eureka Spring News, Sierra County Prospect, Gilmer Free Press Date: December 30,2016 January 4,8,2017 719 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
The Treaty of Tlatelolco: Giving thanks to our Latin American neighbors toward a world free of nuclear weapons
“Americans gathered around their Thanksgiving tables this week reflecting on what they were thankful for this past year. There was the potential for much angst after a year with significant…” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Common Dreams, Counterpunch Date: November 29,30,2016 802 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
Nuclear weapons – the time for abolition is now
“At the United Nations this past week, 123 nations voted to commence negotiations next year on a new treaty to prohibit the possession of nuclear weapons.” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Counterpunch, Satish Sharma’s Rotigraphy Blog, Common Dreams, The Sun Praire, The Review, Las Vegas Informer, Chicago Activism, Gilmer Free Press Date: October 29,30,31,November […]
Hiroshima, Presidential Campaigns and Our Nuclear Future
“Seventy-one years ago on August 6th and 9th the world entered the nuclear age with the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing and injuring in excess of 200,000 immediately and untold additional fatalities from lingering radiation effects.” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Transcend Media Service, Common Dreams, Counterpunch, Chicago Activism, Critical Studies, Eagle Times, […]
Thank you Bernie
“Bernie Sanders, over the past 15 months you have awakened our nation.” Robert F. Dodge, M.D. Published in: Sierra County Prospect Date: July 27,2016 712 Words For the full article: FacebookTwitteremailSHARE
On President Obama’s Hiroshima Visit
“Japan seeks not an apology or reparation but an awareness and intimate connection to the common humanity we all share and that is at once threatened by the continued existence of nuclear weapons…” Robert Dodge, M.D. Published in: Counterpunch, Common Dreams, Ventura County Star, Newberry Observer, Gilmer Free Press, The Lone Star Iconoclast Date: May […]