Thursday, July 7, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Nuclear Sword of Damacles

JFK to United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 25, 1961:

"Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident, or miscalculation, or by madness. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us."

http://youtu.be/Xuy_9B1joTE

Friday, April 8, 2011

The Gun Thy Neighbor Debate.

When you have to decide whether to let your neighbor in your fallout shelter, or to shoot them.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

An Overture for the Dedication of a Nuclear Reactor

March 31, 1952/Time Magazine: "Last week Physicist Roberts' newest composition 'An Overture for the Dedication of a Nuclear Reactor', got a fitting first performance by the 69-piece Oak Ridge Symphony orchestra (30 atomic scientists, 16 wives, some sons & daughters)"