Trump’s Hard Right Toward an American Dictatorship
The US Constitution has safeguards to prevent an American President’s desire to rule as a...
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The Nuclear Threat
The Nuclear Threat At five years old, I the read the headline in the Boston Globe when the morning paper arrived at our home in Natick, MA. In the boldest letters you can image were the words A-BOMB! It was the second...
Read MoreThe Climate Threat
The Climate Threat David Popeik, in the Scientific American guest blog, says that “climate report nails risk communication.” He suggests that the 2014 National Climate Assessment that was released by the White House presented a...
Read MoreClimate and Nuclear Threats
Climate and Nuclear Threats We live in an age of twin menaces: climate change and nuclear weapons. In a recent book by Robert Lifton, these menaces are intertwined in his book entitled Climate Swerve (public library). As...
Read MoreThe Nightmare of Authoritarianism
The Nightmare of Authoritarianism Authoritarianism: the enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the cost of personal freedom, a form of government characterized by strong central power and limited...
Read MoreThe Degradation of the EPA and the Threat to Scientific Reasoning
The Degradation of the EPA and the Threat to Scientific Reasoning Although the EPA received an appropriation equal to its 2018 budget, the White House wanted to cut its budget by nearly 1/3, which would mean the dismantling of...
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Global Arms Export Leaders Filling the World With Lethal Weapons
Global Arms Export Leaders Filling the World With Lethal Weapons Last month, the US...
Read MoreDefense Research vs Research in Science, Health & Medicine, & the Environment
Seeking new knowledge and answers to pressing questions about the nature of world are obligations of a free and democratic society. Answers, data, and indeed, new questions should be shared around, and discussed in the context...
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FY 2018 Budget: War or Peace
FY 2018 Budget: War and Peace Yesterday, I mistakenly used data submitted by the Trump...
Read MoreRights of Students Who Walk Out of School by Ed Johnson
This is an email that I received from Mr. Ed Johnson, Advocate for Quality in Education. His letter, which was addressed to Atlanta Public School Leadership and others is followed by a letter from Vera Eidelman, ACLU...
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