[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once again … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once again … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a slightly changed version of a post of mine. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.] Once again … Continue reading →
August 6th was the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and I recycled this piece for the occasion. It ended with these words: It’s much harder to convince a WWII vet that Hiroshima was an … Continue reading →
[NOTE: The following is a reposting of a piece that appeared here on a previous Hiroshima anniversary. If you follow the links in the second paragraph, you’ll find three other pieces I’ve written about the decision to drop the bomb … Continue reading →
In this thread about the decision to drop the atomic bomb, anonymous asks: Why didn’t they drop a nuke on an unpopulated area and say, ‘See that goddamn horror? We’ll drop another one on your heads in two days if … Continue reading →
A few days from now will be the sixtieth anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. The rightness of that decision is still being vigorously debated. Here’s an article from the Weekly Standard (hat tip: Austin Bay) … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I missed the anniversary yesterday, but today I’m recycling this previous post on the subject.] Once again it’s the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nagasaki followed three days later, and Japan surrendered on August … Continue reading →
It’s complicated, and to even begin to understand it you have to go back in time. But most of us here probably remember this: In 2014 Obama was negotiating his nuclear deal with Iran… Given its goal of embracing Iran, … Continue reading →
In the comments to yesterday’s post about climate change, a lot of people mentioned this article that appeared in The New Yorker and caused a big sensation. I had already read the article and found it to be absorbing. It … Continue reading →
I noticed on yesterday’s Merkel thread that commenter “huxley” mentioned the old pacifist saying “War never solved anything,” adding that, “What leftie-pacifists really mean is ‘War doesn’t solve everything.’” Indeed. Which reminded me that I’d written a post on the … Continue reading →
It’s extremely popular, but not for the reasons you might imagine: The popularity has little to do with interest in Judaism, let alone with the Holocaust. It is Anne’s personal story that draws most readers in, particularly young female readers. … Continue reading →