Quote of the week: “You’ve got to dream a little bit if you’re going to get somewhere.” – George P. Shultz Note to readers: Ward Wilson and David Barash have written with depth and feeling about abolition and nuclear deterrence.…
Lyrics of the week: “I must’ve been through about a million girlsI’d love ’em and I’d leave ’em aloneI didn’t care how much they cried no sirTheir tears left me cold as a stone. But then I fooled around and…
On April 20, an Israeli twitter user posted a video of a large smoky cloud to his Twitter account with the comment “A mysterious explosion in northern Israel.” Jeffrey and his team tracked down the “mysterious explosion,” identifying it as…
Quotes of the week: “He just beat the hell out of me.” – John F. Kennedy after his summit meeting with Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna “It was as if you were sitting in an iron barrel that was being beaten…
Quotes of the week: “Dignity is not negotiable.” “In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is a symbol of opportunity, citizenship, equality, freedom of…
You might have seen reports this week that there was a large explosion at an Israeli missile facility. There wasn’t an explosion. It was a routine test of a solid-rocket motor. Here’s the deal. On April 20, an Israeli twitter…
Verse of the week: “To the garden of the world anew descending, Potent mates, daughters, sons, preluding, The love, the life of their bodies, meaning and being, Curious here behold my resurrection after slumber, The revolving cycles in their wide…
Now that we are all looking at Sinpo for signs of further activity involving the TULP (Towed Underwater Launch Platform) and the collocated floating drydock at the semi-refurbished construction hall, I wanted to bring your attention to an interesting vessel…
Verse of the week: “I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with…
Dave Schmerler and I observe that North Korea just moved the launch barge it keeps at the Sinpo South Shipyard to test submarine-launched ballistic missiles. On April 6, North Korean towed the barge from the secure boat basin where it…
