I’ve always counseled our son and daughter to go the extra mile. During the Cold War nuclear competition, the Soviet Union and the United States went a bit further than the extra mile. In one particular instance, the Nixon administration drilled down to 6,150 feet – a distance equivalent to four Sears Towers stacked on …
Mocking Romney
by | 2010-07-06 | 11 Comments
I was trying to figure out how to mock this terrible, terrible, terrible Mitt Romney op-ed on New START without calling Fred Hiatt a “neocon hack job” (again). But Peter Crail, on my Facebook wall, said it much better than I can: Apparently under a Romney administration we can look forward to taking ICBMs out …
Replacing Olli
by | 2010-07-03 | 11 Comments
With Olli Heinonen’s resignation as IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards, questions are naturally turning to “Why did he leave?” and “Who will replace him?” I think the answers are: Because it was time for him to move on, and I have no idea. But there is a little more that can be said, if …
Heinonen Resigns
by | 2010-07-01 | 9 Comments
Olli Heinonen, IAEA Deputy Director for Safeguards, resigned today, effective at the end of August, for “personal reasons.” No word yet on a replacement or how this relates to the past few years of internecine warfare between Safeguards and Expo. This blog has been more blunt than most in worrying about divisions within the IAEA, …
