Readers know that I like arguments. Senator Lugar has been making a very good argument about New START and so-called “tactical” nuclear weapons, which are not covered by any strategic arms reduction treaty. Opponents, like Governor Romney, have pointed to Russia’s large stockpile of such weapons as a reason to resist ratifying the New START …
Amchitka
by | 2010-07-07 | 11 Comments
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 …
