13 Jan, 2017
The Light of the World
“There are two things that too many of us seem to be reluctant to take in about present conditions on...
31 Dec, 2016
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...
4 Dec, 2016
Nuclear Weapons Modernization: a New Nuclear Arms Race? Who Voted for it? Who Will Benefit from It?
“When General John Hyten recently assumed his post as the new head of U.S. Strategic Command, he and observers listed...
27 Nov, 2016
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...
4 Nov, 2016
Threats and “Strategic Patience” haven’t worked with North Korea, let’s try serious diplomacy
“Last week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper surprisingly told a House Intelligence Committee that getting North Korea to give...
1 Nov, 2016
Let’s Reduce the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
“At present, nuclear disarmament seems to have ground to a halt. Nine nations have a total of approximately 15,500 nuclear...
28 Oct, 2016
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...
13 Oct, 2016
Nuclear Standoff
“Values the size of Planet Earth are at stake, as the American presidential election grows ever smaller, ever pettier, ever...
15 Sep, 2016
Whose Finger? On What Button?
“Through a combination of denial, lack of empathy, fear-mongering, security jargon and political dysfunction, the question of what to do...
11 Sep, 2016
Isn’t It Time to Ban the Bomb?
“Although the mass media failed to report it, a landmark event occurred recently in connection with resolving the long-discussed problem...
6 Aug, 2016
Trump Wrong on Iran Deal
“Donald Trump keeps criticizing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (the Iran Deal); he couldn’t be more wrong, it has...
6 Aug, 2016
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...
3 Aug, 2016
It’s time
“As I turned 12 on 27 October 1962, I asked my Dad if he thought I’d live to go to...
3 Aug, 2016
We Refuse To Be Targets
“When Barack Obama was elected president, he hoped to eliminate nuclear weapons. His hope (expressed in his visit to Hiroshima)...
2 Aug, 2016
Massive deployment of US WMD spotlighted by peace group
“The ad pierces your consciousness and catches you by surprise. Plastered on the side of Seattle’s King County Metro it...