The Doomsday Clock in 2020: Only 100 seconds to the apocalypse. Closest to...
On January 23, 2020, as they have done each year since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved the hands of the Doomsday Clock the closest that it’s ever come to midnight. We are now just...
View Article“Reversal” an important essay by Kathy Kelly, written on August 6, 2020
Reversal by Kathy Kelly August 6, 2020 Today, the seventy-fifth anniversary of the atomic attack on Hiroshima, should be a day for quiet introspection. I recall a summer morning following the U.S....
View ArticleBeirut, Lebanon/ Washington DC, United States. What can we learn?
On the evening of August 4, 2020 what started out looking like a fire in a large warehouse at the Port of Beirut quickly became a huge explosion complete with an orange mushroom cloud. The result was...
View Article“Burning down the house.” The fire brigades arrive to Save our Post Office.
Who’s burning down this very early and continuous pillar of our democracy? Who’s trying to put out the fire? Are we/they too late? First a very brief and condensed history of the United States Postal...
View ArticleIt’s Not Rocket Science
There is a lot of coverage of recent killings related to White Supremacy, Anti Fascism and police abuse of people of color. Many reports give the broad outlines of what was happening and usually it is...
View ArticleEntering the long dark tunnel of approaching winter, while longing for the...
On Friday or Monday I will be writing an update on the newest western vaccine now in clinical trials. Meanwhile, here’s more information about the many flaws in the contract between Operation Warp...
View ArticleVaccine Sweepstakes or the COVAX model? Which makes more sense for...
When I published my previous article on Monday, November 23rd, The first plan was to write about the way different states dealt with controlling the pandemic. Then as really encouraging news about...
View ArticleLest We Forget
I can well imagine that very few people outside of Santa Clara County, Ca., know what the Winchester Mystery House is or recognize the name Sarah Winchester. Quite a few likely have heard of a...
View ArticleTalk Story
It is Christmas Eve as I write, and I hope all readers are able to experience a lot of joy this season in the midst of various levels of awful. I hope those who are ill will improve soon, and those...
View ArticleWAGING PEACE: Guest post by Sandy Nathan
In 1966 I was among the first group of Peace Corps volunteers to serve in the Republic of Korea. We were young; we taught English, mainly to public middle and secondary schools students; we wanted to...
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