[…] to the southern hemisphere as well. Such a 5,000-megaton nuclear exchange has the capability of virtually destroying humankind. Computer-simulated meteorological models indicate that even a 100-megaton exchange would generate cold and dark almost as […]
[…] changed the nature of warfare to make any war in any nation the possible means of ending human life on the globe, even threatening the existence of our planet, or, even on a lesser […]
[…] a substitute for the tin soldiers; tin pacifists somehow won’t do. Hitler . . . knows that human beings don’t only want comfort, safety, short working hours, hygiene, birth-control and, in general, common sense; […]
[…] of the series, Valerie and Fiona Givens dive deep into the implications of atonement theology on the human soul and the criminal justice system. They emphasize the need for a healing-focused approach within both […]
[…] idea, it is not a question of either words or numbers, but something that will keep us humans in business, the considering to which God bows, to which theories of matter and mattering come […]
In the early years of this century,” observed David A. Shannon, “the Socialist Party of America was a young and virile organization that could not escape notice. Far stronger than any contemporary party on the left,…
[…] of the series, Valerie and Fiona Givens dive deep into the implications of atonement theology on the human soul and the criminal justice system. They emphasize the need for a healing-focused approach within both […]
William B. Smith was a difficult man. Like so many who feel denied power and recognition, he was probably best described as being his own worst enemy. Certainly he could not be stereotyped as the…
[…] Vernal. To me they were mostly drunken and poor, and hardly lovable—in some ways, not even fully human. In Vernal in the early 1940s, the men were always referred to as “bucks” and the […]
John Roche published a very thick book of essays a number of years ago. He was, he lamented, an essayist in an age when the essay was not flourishing. Fortunately this did not prevent publication.…