Let's try to understand why everyone who reacted to fake news is now trying to focus on something other than the facts. This is why we have a major issue with truth in this country. Somebody tweets something, it gfoes viral and the truth which modifies the the original story is barely noticed.

(Written on 2018/12/07)(Permalink)

WE just completed a two-day symposium on the Manhattan Project here in Santa Fe in conjunction with the presentation of Dr. Atomic at the Santa Fe Opera. I cannot recreate the twelve hours of lectures that were part of that. For starters, you can read Richard Rhodes " The Making of the Atomic Bomb", and "The Day the Sun Rose Twice" by Morton Szasz on which the opera was largely based and includes detailed misgiving by scientists working on the project, or movies by Peter Goin and Steven Okazaki. I make no claims to expertise so I will merely refer everybody to these documents by people who have done extensive research. This is all I will have to say on this.

(Written on 2018/08/10)(Permalink)

Nearly every historian points out that the bombing of Tokyo took more lives the week before than the a-bomb did. That said, Japan would have surrendered if the United States had not demanded the removal of the emperor. Japan could not have survived more conventional bombing and the blockade for more than a couple of months. The American lives lie is just that. We would not have needed to invade. Most historians also agree that the bomb was dropped to impress the Russians and that backfired entirely. The continued testing has cost almost as premature deaths as in Japan. Why do you think we are compensating the Downwinders. Lots of uninformed patriotism here.

(Written on 2018/08/10)(Permalink)

and replace them with whom. politicians who do not want the government involved in anything. what do you think we will have for science and a space program?

(Written on 2012/09/21)(Permalink)