Nuclear Weapons

United States Strategic Command, the branch of the US military responsible for the nation’s nuclear weapons, recently released an imperially misleading infographic on Twitter. The graphic is confused—not only about when to use bold typeface, but also about the facts. . . “The threats we face today and in the…

Here's What You Need To Remember: Nuclear weapons still engender deep contradictions. The most powerful weapons ever devised serve no other purpose but to prevent their use by others. By February 1966, frustration with the U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam rose high enough to spur talk of going nuclear. Throughout…

Here's What You Need To Remember: With no witnesses, no debris and a search area in the least understood part of the world’s ocean, there’s little even mathematical wizards can do. But even then, few thought 50 years ago that the lost bomb of Palomares would ever turn up. When a…

North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un sent a personal message to Chinese President Xi Jinping praising what he described as China's success in getting its coronavirus epidemic under control.The report by North Korea's state media followed an assessment by South Korea's spy agency that the pandemic is hurting the…

Main Blog > Why Was Writing Invented? It's hard enough to find out how old representational writing really is, much less to figure out its original purpose. For some time now, the theory has been that writing was invented for accounting purposes: listing possessions of, taxes by, and tributes to…

The US and Russia are game for multilateral talks with the world’s nuclear powers and have cooperated on oil and against the coronavirus. Yet nuclear arms disagreements still exist, and neither side is giving up ground. Though an actual conference has been postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic, US Ambassador…

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Since early April, when the great literary critic and English professor Cheryl A. Wall died, I have been thinking about the last book she published, “On Freedom and the Will to Adorn,” about the African-American essay tradition. Wall was one of the foremost scholars and interpreters of the work of Zora…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday welcomed the reemergence of North Korea’s Kim Jong Un after weeks of speculation about his health, but prospects for the U.S. efforts to persuade Pyongyang to denuclearize appear as bleak as ever. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a…

GOOD. NOW GIVE THEM NUCLEAR WEAPONS. Taiwan Emerging From Pandemic With a Stronger Hand Against China. “Taiwan has led the world in its fight against the virus, with only about 400 infections and six deaths for a population of 23 million. By comparison, New York state — with slightly fewer…