Navigation
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- March 2024
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2019
- November 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- April 2017
- January 2017
- September 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- November 2013
- October 2013
- August 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- February 2011
- December 2010
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2010
- August 2010
- July 2010
- June 2010
- May 2010
- April 2010
- March 2010
- February 2010
- January 2010
- December 2009
- October 2009
- September 2009
- August 2009
- July 2009
- June 2009
- May 2009
- April 2009
- March 2009
- November 2008
- October 2008
- September 2008
- August 2008
- July 2008
Monthly Archives: July 2014
Is Our Media Responsible for Millions of Deaths?
The Huffington Post picked this one up too, so please read it on their website. The only additions needed were that they changed the title from this one, and deleted the following, amazing (but very true) quote from convicted Nazi war criminal Hermann Göring: “Of course the people don’t want war. … But … it is always a simple matter to drag the people along whether it is a democracy, a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. … All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism, and exposing the country to greater danger. It works the same way in any country.” Continue reading
John Oliver on Nuclear Weapons
As the movie Dr. Strangelove shows, comedy may be the best way to break through society’s reluctance to face the risks posed by nuclear weapons. In that tradition, I highly recommend John Oliver’s recent comedy routine about nuclear weapons. Well done, John!! Please share this with friends. If enough of us do that, who knows what effect it might have? Maybe we’d even come to our senses?
Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged john oliver, martin hellman, nuclear risk, nuclear weapons, stanford, strangelove
Leave a comment
Demonizing Putin vs. Behaving Responsibly
After presenting evidence that all sides bear some of the responsibility for the loss of 298 lives on Malaysian Air Flight 17, my recent Huffington Post article concludes, “Even without the above evidence, common sense alone would question the overly simplified narrative we have … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged critical thinking, devil, Malaysian Air Flight 17, martin hellman, MH17, nuclear risk, putin, russia, ukraine
2 Comments
Malaysia Air Flight 17: Let Grief, Not Anger, Guide Us
Huffington Post picked this one up, so please read it on their web site. I am posting here for those who follow this blog. Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged critical thinking, huffington post, Malaysian Air Flight 17, martin hellman, MH17, nuclear risk, putin, russia, stanford, ukraine
Leave a comment
What Are Acceptable Nuclear Risks?
When I read Eric Schlosser’s acclaimed 2013 book, Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety, I found a tantalizing revelation on pages 170-171, when it asked, “What was the ‘acceptable’ probability of an accidental nuclear explosion?” and then proceeded to describe a 1957 Sandia Report, “Acceptable Premature Probabilities for Nuclear Weapons,” which dealt with that question. Continue reading
Defusing the Nuclear Threat 