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A grim nuclear anniversary and a flawed rationale
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...
Oppenheimer: the Film
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...
Trick Question: Can Nuclear Reactors Explode?
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...
The Fuel that Powered Little Boy and Fat Man
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...
What did Oppenheimer say after the First Atomic Test?
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...
The “D” Word I-The Very Idea of Deterrence: Founded in Fear
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,...
Speedway: ugliest street in the U.S.
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...
1864 to 1906: Howell Code, Edmunds Anti-Polygamy Act, Divorce Rate
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...