The Pentagon’s Radioactive Bullet The Pentagon’s Radioactive Bullet
It is about two feet long, cylindrical and far denser than steel. When fired from a U.S. Army M1 Abrams tank, it is capable of drilling a hole through the strongest of tank armor...
Aug 23, 2001 / Feature / Bill Mesler
The 1932 Disarmament Conference The 1932 Disarmament Conference
A scientist looks back to the First World War and made a plea for world peace.
Aug 23, 2001 / Editorial / Albert Einstein
Give Peace a Chance Give Peace a Chance
Dennis Kucinich's House bill presents us with a genuinely new idea.
Aug 16, 2001 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Vieques Si! Yanqui No? Vieques Si! Yanqui No?
Puerto Ricans of all stripes question the Navy's presence there.
Aug 9, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Liberating Vieques Liberating Vieques
When George W. Bush announced from Sweden on June 14 that he planned to pull the US Navy out of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques by 2003, it struck some as odd when he referred ...
Jun 21, 2001 / Editorial / Angelo Falcón
‘The Vietnam Syndrome’ ‘The Vietnam Syndrome’
The Kerrey revelations raise anew issues of morality and military power.
Jun 21, 2001 / Feature / Richard Falk
Who’ll Defend Against Missile Defense? Who’ll Defend Against Missile Defense?
Stanford, California Arriving to record a television debate at the Hoover Institution here a few months ago, I found the personnel of the preceding show still standing aro...
Jun 21, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Star Wars Foes Hit DC Star Wars Foes Hit DC
The two sisters from the Our Lady of Angels convent had driven down from Pennsylvania with a message for their Congressman: Say no to Star Wars. It was proving a tough sell.
Jun 13, 2001 / Feature / Matt Bivens
Russian Nuclear Roulette Russian Nuclear Roulette
A baccalaureate should be an occasion to celebrate the present and express optimism about the future, but I must come to you today with very bad news about Russia, my subject of s...
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Stephen F. Cohen
The New Nuclear Danger The New Nuclear Danger
Policies are more confused than at any time since the weapons were invented.
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Jonathan Schell