[by Charles Cameron -- the difficulty of difference, plus a poem for M ] . . When you have a worldview, it all fits together pretty seamlessly. You see a map of record high temperatures such as the one above, swiped from emptywheel today, and it’s either global warming, and maybe: this is getting to [...]
Starbuck gets at hat tip for this cool mash-up of furniture with a giant next-generation tablet: Get Ready for the Smart Coffee Table Computers started out as discrete objects to be placed on top of furniture — a PC on the desk, a laptop on the dining room table. An iPad on the kitchen counter. [...]
[ by Charles Cameron -- comparing presidential candidates, here and there ] . The ability to compare and contrast is an amazing business — you can get online tutorials in how to do it, and it even shows up in xkcd: Compare and contrast is a basic human activity, in fact, closely allied with choice, [...]
I have been asked to contribute foreign policy and defense pieces to IVN – The Independent Voter Network. The emphasis at IVN is on well-supported brevity to inform a general audience of prospective voters for 2012 and not to entertain the legions of doctorate-seeking war nerdom with iterations of mutant 4GW, hybrid neo-Clausewitzian, counter-counter-insurgency theoretical [...]
: , skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Each U.S . Trident submarine can destroy 100 cities and produce the global famine described in the . study from an article , A nuclear clash could starve the world at CNN.com , April 11, 2012 Saturday , June 23, 2012 Mayors say Cut Nukes , Redirect Funds to Cities' Urgent Needs The U.S . Conference of Mayors USCM unanimously adopted a strong , comprehensive , new Mayors for Peace resolution at its 80th annual meeting on June 16, 2012. The resolution calls for U.S . leadership in eliminating nuclear weapons globally and redirecting nuclear weapons spending to meet the urgent needs of cities . nbsp Following is the full text of the . resolution
Bob Kelley sends along a rather different view than my own more jaded take on the “landscaping” activities at Parchin. Bob believes the Iranians are not be sanitizing the area near the test chamber at Parchin, but rather laying the foundation for a new structure. “Time will tell,” Bob says — and I suppose he’s [...]
Negotiators from the United States, the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council, and Germany recently met with an Iranian team in Baghdad to discuss Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Although there's still a long road ahead, this resumed diplomatic action marked progress that undoubtedly sets the tone for future negotiations.: skip to main skip to sidebar The Nuclear Abolitionist Working towards a nuclear weapons-free world Pages Home Video Photo Y-12 Witness Quotable Each U.S . Trident submarine can destroy 100 cities and produce the global famine described in the . study from an article , A nuclear clash could starve the world at CNN.com , April 11, 2012 Monday , June 4, 2012 Deterrence A fresh look at an archaic concept Editor's Note : nbsp Thanks to Lawrence Wittner for this refreshing challenge to the age old doctrine of deterrence . nbsp This article originally published in History News , June 4, 2012, source URL : http : hnn.us articles do-nuclear-weapons-really-deter-aggression Do Nuclear Weapons Really Deter Aggression By Lawrence S . Wittner Lawrence S . Wittner is Professor of History emeritus at