Avatar photoHatin' on John Bolton

If you feel like hatin’ on j-bolt, check out the Rude Pundit today. Definitely not work safe.

Avatar photoWMD Commission on Iran

The Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction (also known as the WMD Commission or Silberman-Robb Commission after its co-chairmen) was empaneled to “assess whether the intelligence community is sufficiently authorized, organized, equipped, trained, and resourced to identify … the development … of weapons of mass destruction” threats …

Avatar photoHitler's Bomb

German historian Rainer Karlsch has written a book, Hitler’s Bomb, which— according to press reports—concludes “Adolf Hitler had the atom bomb first but it was too primitive and ungainly for aerial deployment.” Karlsch reportedly claims Germany tested the weapon in the Baltic and that the fissile material came from “an atomic reactor in Gottow, a …

Avatar photoHans Bethe, 1906-2005

Hans Bethe, an important figure in the Manhattan Project and long time proponent of arms control, has passed away today, aged 98. Oh, did I mention the Nobel prize? His 1968 article, co-authored with Richard Garwin, demolishing the rationale behind the Safeguard ABM system (“Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems,” Scientific American 218:3, March 1968, pp.21-31) is the …