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Even as some of the armed forces’ staunchest supporters bemoan the recent repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), news breaks from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise laying bare what the military’s troublesome issue with sexual behavior ...Read more

Last Saturday night, New York honored the thousands killed nine years ago with vertical beams of light where once the twin towers stood.  The look was lovely.  It felt spiritual and, although timely, at the same time quite timeless.  What ...Read more

Fifty-five years ago this month, people from around the world listened and reacted to Bertrand Russell’s public announcement of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto.  (See “Remembering Our Humanity” for the full text of the manifesto.) This was his first step in advancing ...Read more

I wonder whether any of the current crop of conservative pundits would try to stop a purse snatcher.

How ’bout punching someone who accosted his wife or significant other?

Is modern “rugged individualism ” all talk and no action?

In a 90s melee on ...Read more

July 16 was the 65th anniversary of the Trinity Test: the detonation of a nuclear weapon for the first time on Earth. Celebrations of this milestone were slight, if any.  July 9 was the 55th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto: ...Read more