Baltimore Chronicle

Disarmament: The Long Road of Nuclear Hurdles, Hopes and Hard Work

Erin Drankoski — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:02:00 -0400

On the face of it, nuclear disarmament seems pretty straightforward--we have a bunch of things that we don't need any more, and let's get rid of them.

But, we can't just donate our old nuclear weapons to the Salvation Army for a tax write-off, or hand them down to our little sister like an old sweater set.

Anti-Missile Missiles and the Politics of Fear

Erin Drankoski — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:36:00 -0400

President Obama's sensible decision to pull the plug on the Bush administration's plan put missile defense components in Poland and the Czech Republic has-predictably-drawn howls of protest from Republican critics who argue that it will leave the U.S. and its European allies exposed to an Iranian missile attack. While they're at it, they note that the decision somehow involves "abandoning" our Polish and Czech allies, as if the deployment of a missile defense program were the only way to cement relations with two

Cyberscares About Cyberwars Equal Cybermoney

Cecille Isidro — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:57:00 -0400

As though we don't have enough to be afraid of already, what with armed lunatics mowing down military recruiters and doctors, the H1N1 flu virus, the collapse of bee populations, rising sea levels, failed and flailing states, North Korea being North Korea, al-Qaeda wannabes in New York State with terrorist aspirations, and who knows what else -- now cyberjihadis are evidently poised to steal our online identities, hack into our banks, take over our Flickr and Facebook accounts, and create havoc on the World Wide Web.