Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Tribune Content Agency Opinions

    Peace and the nuclear paradox

    by Robert C. Koehler, Tribune Content Agency May 03, 2018 3 minutes

    Whenever the topic is nuclear weapons, I remain in a state of disbelief that we can talk about them "strategically" -- that language allows us to maintain such a distance from the reality of what they do, we can casually debate their use.

    Consider, in the context of the sudden rush of alarming news that Donald Trump may trash the Iran nuclear agreement on May 12, on the false grounds that Iran is in violation of it, this piece of news from several months ago:

    The latest Nuclear Posture Review, released in, an international movement to eliminate nuclear weapons.

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Tribune Content Agency Opinions

    Tribune Content Agency Opinions4 min read
    Mary Sanchez: The Challenge To US Universities – Free Speech Can’t Lead To Antisemitism
    A dual threat is sweeping American campuses. Antisemitic speech and abuse of students’ right to free speech are both escalating, just as Passover, normally a joyous time commemorating Jewish freedom from slavery, begins. Many students, of all faiths
    Tribune Content Agency Opinions3 min read
    Cal Thomas: Lessons From Other Campus Protests
    The year was 1966 and Ronald Reagan was running for governor of California. A major part of his platform was to “clean up the mess at Berkeley” and other college campuses throughout the state that were experiencing protests and strikes over issues th
    Tribune Content Agency Opinions3 min read
    Jonah Goldberg: What We Keep Getting Wrong About Campus Protests
    The current campus demonstrations are a reminder that of all the mossy clichés and puffed-up pieties of polite (and impolite) American discourse, the sanctity of protest is the hardest to question. Doubting the loftiness of protest invites elite scor

    Related Books & Audiobooks