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The Stolen Children
The Stolen Children by Wim Laven 810 words Amongst the worst things I have been exposed to as a Doctor of International Conflict Management is the abuse of children. I am not so naïve as to have forgotten that US Presidents have participated in human bondage, starting with George Washington, who “owned” at least 13…
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80 Years at the Brink, Time to Change the Narrative
80 Years at the Brink, Time to Change the Narrative by Robert Dodge 686 words For 80 years, since the atomic bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the world has stood at the brink of nuclear war with the potential for catastrophic loss, threatening all of humanity. Former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara said in…
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U.S. Atomic Bombings Didn’t Save Lives or End the War
U.S. Atomic Bombings Didn’t Save Lives or End the War by John LaForge 669 words August 6 and 9 are the 80th anniversaries of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The killing of 140,000 civilians at Hiroshima was the effect of detonating a 60-million-degree Celsius explosion (10,000 times hotter than the surface of the…