Wars and heroes
Ezra Pound was one of the most influential poets of the 20th century. His work focused on the insanity of wars. He theorized that wars were destructive for nations with…
Remembering Hiroshima
On Monday August 6, 1945, the United States unleashed an atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing 140,000 people instantly. 70 percent of the city was destroyed. A few days later on…
A denuclearized future
In the pandemic year 2020, 76 years after two American atomic bombs left the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in ashes, the world’s nuclear powers actually increased spending on nuclear…
Polishing the truth
EVERY time there’s a manmade or natural global crisis, thousands of people pop out of the woodwork to claim that it was caused by dark, inimical forces. For example, if…
Pity the nation?
JUST two days before the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, a mushroom cloud briefly reared its head on the shores of Beirut. The devastating explosion that ripped…
A new day
On Friday, January 22, people in cities and towns across in the United States and around the world, will celebrate the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition…
End to stability
The year 2020, with its pandemic and its protests, was many things to many people: a hardship for those who lost homes, livelihoods and people they loved to COVID and…
King of Israel
“Complex affairs inevitably require further thought; bear in mind the truth that the end is not obvious at the beginning”. This was the advice given in 5BC by Artabanus to…
Nuclear ban
With all the urgent global crises right now, from climate change to the Covid-19 pandemic, it may seem as though the world is hovering on the edge of destruction. But…
Two Japanese giants
With the resignation of Prime Minister Abe (ahbay) Shinzo, a long chapter in Japanese politics is coming to an end. He first became the longest-serving prime minister of post-WWII Japan…
