The postponement of the new plutonium facility at Los Alamos deals a blow to both the U.S. nuclear-weapons program and boondoggles in general.
Nuclear Pit Boondoggle at Los Alamos Temporarily Scuttled
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Angelina Jolie Makes Her Own “Hotel Rwanda” About Bosnia
Complicated historic grievances between groups or inconvenient timing are no justification to fail to act against genocide.
Flow of Jihadists From Syria to Iraq Reversed
Jihadists once flowed from Syria to Iraq. Now the favor is being returned.
Rolling Out the Red Carpet for the Second Coming With Nuclear War
To some evangelicals and fundamentalists, a nuclear holocaust may be God’s will.
The NDAA and the Militarization of America
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 (NDAA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the president on New Year’s Eve of 2011. Activists and other critics charge that the NDAA authorizes the indefinite military detention of U.S. citizens, but supporters counter that the law entails no new powers of detention for the federal government.
In a sense, both sides are right.
Lady Gaga Unwittingly Serves the Cause of Arms Control
Rep. Edward Markey is calling for deep cuts to the entire nuclear-weapons triad: missiles, aircraft, and submarines.
Offshore Everywhere
Make no mistake: we’re entering a new world of military planning. Admittedly, the latest proposed Pentagon budget manages to preserve just about every costly toy-cum-boondoggle from the good old days when MiGs still roamed the skies, including an uncut nuclear arsenal. Eternally over-budget items like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, cherished by their services and well-lobbied congressional representatives, aren’t leaving the scene any time soon, though delays or cuts in purchase orders are planned. All this should reassure us that, despite the talk of massive cuts, the U.S. military will continue to be the profligate, inefficient, and remarkably ineffective institution we’ve come to know and squander our treasure on.
Sequential Drone Attacks Double the Brutality
The United States attacks rescuers of its own drone attacks as well as mourners at funerals of their victims.
Using Pro-Life to Sell Nuclear Disarmament
Is the cause of disarmament helped if the pro-life movement hitches its wagon to it?
Playing One Side Off the Other Only Hurts Pakistan in the End
Pakistan walks a tightrope between the United States and the Taliban.