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  • Nuclear crisis in Japan: The latest trust meltdown

    The Titanic was called unsinkable. It sank. Deep-sea oil drilling was supposed to be spill-proof. It wasn't. Nuclear power is supposed to be disaster-proof. It isn't. So much for believing the assertions of those who want us to feel risky...
  • Could a nuclear crisis happen here?

    Could a nuclear crisis happen here?
    I understood the theory of what could go wrong in a nuclear power plant. Seeing it go wrong in Japan is another matter. It's also quite relevant, given plans by Progress Energy to build two more nuclear reactors on the state's west coast, about 90 miles...

    Strong earthquake hits Japan

    Strong earthquake hits Japan
    A 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan on Wednesday, according to theU.S. Geological Survey. The Japanese Meteorological agency issued a tsunami advisory, warning of a half-meter wave. The quake was centered about 270 kilometers (170 miles)...

    Looking back on a good year for humankind

    Looking back on 2011, we now can recognize that we lived through the most consequential year since the end of World War II. This was the year when the people of the world woke up and began taking hold of their fate. And by several important measures, the...

    Nuclear righteousness

    This is American exceptionalism: "Now I am become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds." But you have to say it without the doubt, the regret -- the horror -- of Robert Oppenheimer, theoretical physicist extraordinaire and director of the Manhattan Project,...