This article was originally published in the August 11, 2023, edition of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper in their local column "Tucson Opinion." The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: We recently celebrated, if that’s the right word, the...
This article was originally published in the May 30, 2023, edition of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper in their local column "Tucson Opinion." The following is the opinion and analysis of the writer: The movie director Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight, Man of Steel,...
A History of the Nuclear Age “YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW” By John P. Warnock Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Plant, Tonopah AZ This column was generated by a comment sent to me by Richard Rhodes after he read my column of March 19, 2021 that asked what the difference is...
A History of the Nuclear Age “YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW” By John P. Warnock In 2009, in a speech in Prague, the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, said, "So today, I state clearly and with conviction America's commitment to seek the peace and...
A History of the Nuclear Age “YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW” By John P. Warnock A cityscape has been superimposed on the photo of the Ivy Mike test explosion, for perspective Welcome to the first in a series of columns about the people, places, issues, and, in general,...
Beginning a series on the very idea of "deterrence" If you have been with me so far, and even if you haven’t, you will be willing, I hope, to entertain the following propositions: That, as General Colin Powell said in 2010, nuclear weapons “cannot be used” for...
1962, a comment by Tucson's mayor makes Speedway infamous Before a city council meeting, Mayor Lew Davis, who had been a developer in Pittsburgh before coming to Tucson, calls East Speedway “the ugliest street in the U.S.” For the next several years, the label sticks...
1864, the Howell Code The Howell Code creates a legal framework for divorces, either in territorial district court (for reasons such as intemperance, cruelty, and adultery) or by the territorial legislature (no cause need be specified). Governor Safford is one of...