10 Dec, 2017
Should We Pay the Staggering Economic and Human Costs of Nuclear Weapons?
“This October, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that its estimate of the cost for the planned “modernization”…” Lawrence...
10 Dec, 2017
Brainwashed
“Everyone should watch Nick Kristof and his team’s riveting 26-minute documentary, on the New York Times website…” Winslow Myers Published...
10 Dec, 2017
The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: Saving humanity from itself
“Since the beginning of the nuclear age and the dropping of the first atomic bombs, humankind has struggled with the...
5 Dec, 2017
What Kind of Nuclear Attack Would be Legal?
“US general says order to launch nuclear weapons can be refused if illegal —Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18” John LaForge Published...
6 Nov, 2017
Harvard U Colloquium: Nuclear First Strike Is It Constitutional, Is It Lawful, Is It Just?
“Your correspondent attended the November 4 Harvard University colloquium on the topic: Is Nuclear First Strike Legal or Just? The...
15 Oct, 2017
The calm before the storm
“Every time Donald Trump blurts or tweets a shocker — “maybe it’s the calm before the storm,” for instance —...
12 Oct, 2017
The Mote in North Korea’s Eye, the Forest in the USA’s Eye
“Mass murder of 59 is the mote in the eye of that lone “Las Vegas” killer and we all condemn...
9 Oct, 2017
Should Limiting North Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Be the Responsibility of the U.S. Government?
“In recent months, advances in the North Korean government’s nuclear weapons program have led to a sharp confrontation between the...
8 Oct, 2017
A Nobel prize for sanity?
“The Nobel Peace Prize for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is a wonderful tribute to the many...
5 Oct, 2017
US Bomb Tests and Bidding Wars Herald New (Unlawful) $1.5 Trillion Nuclear Weapons Complex
“While much of the world pursues the abolition of nuclear weapons — embraced by the adoption July 7 by 122...
2 Oct, 2017
The Rise (and Fall?) of the Machines
“When our children, one girl, one boy, were in their pre-teens, my wife instituted “ladies’ day” as a special occasion...
19 Sep, 2017
A Negotiated Curbing of North Korea’s Nuclear Capabilities Is Good, But Not Good Enough
“The North Korean government’s progress toward developing a long-range nuclear weapons capability, accompanied by bellicose pronouncements, has been alarming enough…”...
18 Sep, 2017
Dealing with North Korean Missiles
“Small powers often have leverage well above their size and capabilities. North Korea is the example par excellence today: It...
17 Sep, 2017
Help Wanted: Experienced Diplomats to Resolve Worst Nuclear Crisis in 55 Years, Rookie Presidents and Secretaries of State Need Not Apply
“With North Korea’s alarming escalation of its nuclear weapons and missile programs, humanity faces our most dire nuclear situation since...
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...