Colin Powell
Blessing of the week: “May God bless you and keep you. May God’s face shine upon you and be gracious unto you. May God turn His face toward you and give you peace.” — Numbers 6:24-26 Tribute of the week:…
Michael Krepon
Birthing a Book
Note to readers: This writer usually succeeds in focusing on issues in this space, leaving the first person singular to others. Not this time around. I’m a proud pappa. Again. Lyrics of the Week: “Gonna pack my lunch in the…
The Perfect Storm
Verse of the week: “I was wakened from my dream of the ruined world by the sound/ of rain falling slowly on the dry earth of my place in time.” — Wendell Berry With few exceptions, those who focus on…
How Much Longer for a Space Code of Conduct?
Lyrics of the week: “I fly a starship Across the Universe divide And when I reach the other side I’ll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may…
Hope and Stiltgrass
Quote of the Week “As a special field of horticulture, a garden exclusively of ferns presents a powerful challenge to skill in soil culture and landscape design.” — “Ferns in the Flower Garden” by H. Lincoln Foster in Ferns, The…
Time to Shift from the Post-Kabul Blues to the China Arms Control Challenge
Prophesy of the week: “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Woe unto them that are wise in their…
The Unipolar Moment Crashes and Burns in Kabul
Lyric of the week: “I wish that I knew what I know now When I was younger I wish that I knew what I know now When I was stronger” – “Ooh La La” by Rod Stewart and the Faces…
Topping-off National Missile Defenses for Tac Nuke Reductions?
Lyrics of the week: [way too politically incorrect for this space] – “Under My Thumb” by The Rolling Stones, retort by Shemekia Copeland Decades have passed since the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was negotiated (1972), the Soviet Union dissolved (1991), George W. Bush…
Is a Third Trade for Missile Defenses Possible?
Quote of the week: “The situation in the world seemed to me like the unfolding of a great Greek tragedy, where we could see the march of events and know what ought to be done, but to be powerless to…
Time for a Big Philanthropic Bet
Lyric of the week: “You’ve got the music in you Don’t let go, you’ve got the music in you Once dance left, this world is gonna pull through Don’t give up, you’ve got a reason to live Can’t forget, we…
