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By LAURA HOLLIS There was — presumably — a time in the history of this country when both major political parties could honestly state that the policies they advocated for and taxpayer dollars they spent were legitimately for the benefit of America and Americans. No longer. Congress’ spending diarrhea and President Joe Biden’s executive mandates make clear that whoever the Democrats (and establishment Republicans) are looking out for, it certainly isn’t this country or its citizens. Am...

Whoever the Democrats (and establishment Republicans) are looking out for, it certainly isn't this country or its citizens.

Of course, the big world news is the coronavirus. Climate is as always, the vital second issue. There was much favourable reaction to the nuclear ban treaty coming into force last week. The critics and sabotage from the nuclear weapons nations will no doubt come later. Apart from the ban treaty, nuclear news has been very much in the background.  The global nuclear industry is not wasting this ”quiet” time, but instead is ramping up and reorganising for a 2021 propaganda blitz. Some bits o...

The week in nuclear news Of course, the big world news is the coronavirus. Climate is as always, the vital second issue. There was much favourable reaction to the nuclear ban treaty coming into force last week. The critics and sabotage from the nuclear weapons nations will no doubt come later. Apart from the ban treaty, nuclear news has been very much in the background.  The global nuclear industry is not wasting this ”quiet” time, but instead is ramping up and reorganising for a 2021 pro...

Share this article Share this article TUCSON, Ariz., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- COVID-19 is continuing to spread despite public health measures such as masks and lockdowns, states Physicians for Civil Defense. Despite their devastating effects on society, there is no evidence that lockdowns work, and a recent natural experiment in Denmark showed that extreme measures affecting 280,000 people had no benefit. Mass vaccination, now underway, is the great hope, but no let-up in social control ...

web posted December 21, 2020 How has the Trump Administration fared in meeting the multiple challenges that have slowed the growth of nuclear energy in the U.S. to a near-halt? And what are the prospects for nuclear energy in a Biden-Harris Administration? It’s time to nuke the anti-nuke crowd, and it seems to be happening. It is now seventy-five years since the U.S. ended the war against Japan by dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (both currently thriving). Eight years ...

Experts agree the tide has turned in nuclear power’s favor, but obstacles remain How has the Trump Administration fared in meeting the multiple challenges that have slowed the growth of nuclear energy in the U.S. to a near-halt? And what are the prospects for nuclear energy in a Biden-Harris Administration? It’s time to nuke the anti-nuke crowd, and it seems to be happening. It is now seventy-five years since the U.S. ended the war against Japan by dropping nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and N...

President Kennedy switched the nation’s attention from nuclear to the space program but, beginning in the NixonAdministration and augmented following the 1973 oil embargo through the Three Mile Island incident in 1979, the U.S. authorized most of the 61 plants and 99 nuclear reactors still operating in 2017.  As President Trump took office, the Aspen Institute issued a report stating, “Nuclear power in the U.S. is at a moment of existential crisis. If the present challenges are not addr...