Avatar photoMichael Roston Rules

In a fit of sado-masochism, Michael Roston has committed to reading the right-wing press every day. Check out Looking for Someone to Lie to Me. The result—THE TWO MINUTES HATE—has rapidly become my favorite daily read.

Avatar photoA Little More Colin …

The Washington Post is reporting that the information in Powell’s statement about the Iranian ballistic missile program “was classified and based on an unvetted, single source who provided information that two U.S. officials said yesterday was highly significant if true but has not yet been verified.” “According to one official with access to the material, …

Avatar photoAllegations About Iran

There have been several allegations recently that Iran continues to pursue nuclear weapons, despite the recent agreement signed with the EU-3. Here are the two that have popped up recently, so you don’t have to sift through the stories yourself. National Council on Resistance in Iran As far as I can tell, the allegations by …

Avatar photoCrazy Ivan

Linda Rothstein at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists suggests that Putin’s recent reference to “future weapons … which other nuclear powers do not and will not possess” is a reference to the “testing of a new hypersonic ‘Crazy Ivan’ warhead that follows a nonclassical scenario, changing flight altitude and course repeatedly, making it nearly impossible …