cold war

Mephistophocles weighs the pros and cons of nuclear power:

Management thinking is molded by past experiences, education and the environments. The average age of today’s manager is 39 and the average age of the executive branch of a company is 52. That means that most managers and executive were born between 1956 and 1969. A period of time posts the cold war and the Vietnam era.

John McCain on the War in Iraq:

In 1989 the world stood still as the Berlin Wall fell and massive protests erupted in the Soviet Union. The whole world was watching as ordinary Russian people lay down in front of tanks, risking their lives in the name of freedom. In the resulting months, dramatic changes redrew maps throughout Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.

Jonathan Chait points out neoconservatism’s true pedigree:

So big congratulations to my dear little sister who ran off and got married last week! Nothing fancy, they did a little private pseudo-eloping thing, honeymooned for a week, then had a family lunch reception today. Met the new in-laws and my new step-niece, they all seem nice.

said M. “It’s good to see you back.” It’s hard to get across the popularity that the books of Ian Fleming had when they broke through the publishing world and became popular. Fleming had been writing the Bond novels since the early 50s and they had a typical 50s feel to them. The men were from the Cold War heroic mold and the women were sex objects .

Robert Ballard gained international attention 20-plus years ago when he located the wreck of RMS Titanic. As it turns out, Ballard was also doing top-secret dives for the U.S. Navy, which the Titanic dives conveniently disguised.

McCain apparently wants to start a new Cold War with Russia and China, undoing decades of diplomacy. His idea of kicking Russia out, and excluding China from the G8 group of industrialized nations (that comprise the majority of the world’s production and industry), was called by Newsweek: “the most radical idea put forward by [...]

What an awesome story, from the Telegraph:

Mikhail Gorbachev, the last Communist leader of the Soviet Union, has acknowledged his Christian faith for the first time, paying a surprise visit to pray at the tomb of St Francis of Assisi.