28 Oct, 2020
The parallel universe of peace
Here’s a piece of paradoxical news that puts even the looming U.S. presidential election in perspective: Nuclear weapons are now (or soon will be) . . . good Lord, illegal...
28 Oct, 2020
11 Aug, 2020
Our Moral Awakening
“In May 2016, President Barack Obama became the first sitting United States president to visit Hiroshima, the city that suffered...
22 May, 2020
Memorial Day rethought
“It was 35 years ago that, as a man of 34, I ventured forth to commit my first felony…” Tom...
17 Mar, 2020
Nukes: The unmentionable election issue: Getting to zero
“Where are the Democrats? Why isn’t the present nuclear danger front and center in the Democrats’ presidential debates? I can...
12 Mar, 2020
American unexceptionalism & COVID-19
“During the SARS-1 epidemic scare in 2002-4, America invaded Iraq. If you followed science, you would know that SARS-1, was...
9 Mar, 2020
Nukes: The unmentionable election issue (part 1)
“One of these days, national security policy will get a few minutes of campaign debate time. And when that day...
15 Jan, 2020
Nuclear hubris
“One thing that becomes clear to me when I wander into the world, and the minds, of geopolitical professionals —...
9 Nov, 2019
A tight grip on our nuclear toys
“’Everyone wants to play with the big boys, and the only way to become one of the big boys is...
26 Oct, 2019
Of course a US president can murder somebody without legal jeopardy–Ain’t that great!
“During his campaign for president, Donald Trump said that he could “stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot...
26 Oct, 2019
Trident is the crime
“On October 24, following a three-day trial in Brunswick, GA, seven Catholic Workers who acted to disarm a nuclear submarine...
20 Oct, 2019
Taking next steps toward nuclear abolition
“My friend Marianne Goldscheider, who is 87, suffered a broken hip in July, 2018 and then, in June 2019, it...
26 Sep, 2019
Hope and necessity this International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
“”Nuclear weapons present an unacceptable danger to humanity. The only real way to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons is...
11 Sep, 2019
Defying the nuclear sword
““. . . and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not...
26 May, 2019
How about a peace race instead of an arms race?
“In late April, the highly-respected Stockholm International Peace Research Institute reported that, in 2018, world military expenditures rose…” Author: Lawrence...
22 Apr, 2019
Earth Day: Our planet in peril
“Today marks the 49th anniversary of the first Earth Day. This comes 50 years after the Santa Barbara oil spills...