Another day, another school shooting. More calls for fervent prayers, far less fervent calls for curbs on firearms, background checks, and so on. The absurd Oliver North, new head of the NRA, blaming the latest deadly shooting on a culture … Continue reading
Hayden Keith Monroe
A lot of money and manpower are being invested in medical research for the big mass murderers — heart, stroke, cancer, Alzheimer’s. Sooner of later one will get us, but if they don’t something else will.There’s no dodging our rendezvous … Continue reading
A Cold War cautionary tale from 1959, “Alas, Babylon,” begins when a Strategic Air command colonel warns his brother that nuclear war with the Soviet Union may be imminent. One data point is the detection of four enemy submarines in … Continue reading