Avatar photoNuclear Rationality and the 2020 Commission

In today’s episode, Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the 2020 Commission and its relationship with how we are conditioned to think about nuclear weapons. The podcast is filled with spoilers (you’ve been warned), but attempts to use the book — and one of the main characters, President Donald Trump — to discuss nuclear war, American nuclear policy, the …

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Quote of the week: “[The Arms Control and Disarmament Agency can become] a Mecca for a wide variety of screwballs… It would be a great pity to have this agency launched and shortly become known as a sort of bureau of beatniks.”  — former Secretary of Defense Robert Lovett’s congressional testimony against the creation of …

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Quote of the week: “All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.” — Benjamin Franklin Note to readers: This piece was written for an Indian audience and was published by The Wire on September 4th. Those who opposed the terms of the 2005 U.S.-India …

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Lyric of the week: People get ready, there’s a train to Jordan Picking up passengers coast to coast Faith is the key, open the doors and board them There’s hope for all among those loved the most There ain’t no room for the hopeless sinner whom would hurt all mankind Just to save his own …