Flametoad

These days I identify myself as a Libertarian, which means I generally sit back and watch the fire and vitriol between supporters of their candidates with a certain amount of academic disinterest. But this? This scares the hell out of me. “Those who beat their swords into plowshares… will be ruled by those who don’t.” [...]

Back in the 1980′s, sci-fi author Jerry Pournelle wrote a series of books based on the premise that the United States and Soviet Union continued in co-existence right up into the stars. This was very much to both country’s benefit, because the Co-Dominium had the secondary effect of keeping all other nations under the control one or the other global [...]

My generation doesn’t remember a time without “the bomb”. I guess my parents’ generation doesn’t, either. At some point, probably Junior High but mayber earlier, I became aware of what “mutually assured destruction” really meant. (The Day After, anyone?). At some point you either learn to put out of your mind the fear of death [...]