When you look at the popular culture, the duck and cover era of civil defense (CD) in the 1950s and early 1960s is often mercilessly mocked. The reason is likely because it seemed insane to take shelt… more →
Songs of Space & Nuclear Warwrote 3 days ago: A growing area of the gun control debate concerns the presence of guns on college campuses. Many col … more →
wrote 4 days ago: Historians use archives extensively in their research and are increasingly using digitized archives … more →
wrote 1 week ago: One of the more interesting bits of UK government propaganda came in the form of a film called … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: The order to remove the blueprints for 3D guns comes after they were downloaded more than 100,000 ti … more →
wrote 2 weeks ago: I appreciate the good comments readers have made on my thoughts about the Syrian crisis. Here are fu … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: (an addendum to the post below…) Phoenix police plan to destroy guns from buyback PHOENIX … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: For quite some time now, there is has a great deal of focus on the growing military power of China, … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Last Friday I was interviewed on the PBS NewsHour about alternatives to using military force in Syri … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: This is a story that just won’t quit. A few days ago, it was reported by several news agencies … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Rarely has the manufacturing of consent in the mainstream media been as thorough as it has been in t … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: Today marks the International Day of Remembrance for Victims of Chemical Weapons. Such a day is impo … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: If the Assad regime has used chemical weapons and crossed the red line President Obama warned agains … more →
wrote 3 weeks ago: US and Iranian Strategic Competition: Sanctions, Energy, Arms Control, and Regime Change. Center for … more →
wrote 4 weeks ago: Everywhere you look these days people are talking about weapons. There is once again talks about wh … more →
wrote 1 month ago: In an opinion peice for The Hill’s Congress Blog this morning, I made the case for a legally-b … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Nearly 200 B61 gravity bombs would be given new tail fins that would turn them into guided weapons d … more →
wrote 1 month ago: By Alan Bean Is Greg Abbott the Attorney General of Texas or is he a flak for the National Rifle Ass … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Knuckledraggin’ My Life Away gives us yet another example of the misdirection this administrat … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Arms Control and International Security: The Future of U.S. Nuclear PolicyRemarks Frank A. RoseDeput … more →