I am in Sedona, Arizona through Wednesday, as a guest of the Stanley Foundation. As you can see from the picture of my Casita snuggled against the mountains, Sedona is cold and overcast. Sometimes, it is so tough to be a wonk.
Survival Secrets for Atomic Attacks
by | 2006-06-14 | 9 Comments
Michael Katz Hyman sends along this brilliantly funny manual, NSRB DOC. 130 Survival Under Atomic Attack (1950). Remember kids, “Beyond 2 miles, the explosion will cause practically no deaths at all.” The atomic age inspired all sorts of “you can survive” silliness, including this story from Friend of Wonk Stephen Schwartz: My favorite story concerns …
Mahley On Libya
by | 2006-06-13 | 3 Comments
A couple of weeks ago, Judy Miller made a passing reference to “a ‘Lessons Learned’ paper for an arms-control newsletter” written by Ambassador Donald Mahley, Senior WMD Representative in Libya. I was like, what Lessons Learned paper? So was Kerr. Turns out, Mahley penned an article for The Arena, a publication of the now defunct …
Bombs From Space
by | 2006-06-12 | 8 Comments
Christopher Stone, “a space/missile officer with Air Force Space Command-Reserve Component”, has written an article in the Space Review blaming “certain circles” and “political” reasons for the lack of orbital strike weapons. Stone omitted, as a reason, the laws of physics, which presumably also hate our freedoms. Fortunately, David Wright and Laura Grego have penned …
