Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has said that world leaders must make some decisions now about how to keep nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of terrorists, because trying to prevent the use of such weapons once terrorists have them will be, as Chertoff said, like trying to “put that genie back in the [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2007
On the unpopularity of war:
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
In the wake of President Bush’s announcement that he plans to send additional troops to Iraq, opposition to the war has become even more vocal than in recent years. According to reports, Senate Democrats, aided by Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, are drafting a resolution that will criticize Bush’s plans. Although many people supported the idea [...]
On the death penalty:
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
A special commission, created in late 2005 by the New Jersey state legislature, released a report on Tuesday, January 2, 2007, in which it recommended that capital punishment be abolished in New Jersey. Eleanor Roosevelt, a longtime human rights activist, also opposed capital punishment, and believed that the use of the death penalty was gradually [...]