Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. Above: Catchy gospel tune, “Atomic Telephone,” from 1951, as the U.S. developed its H-bomb. I guess they could have called it “Atomic Teller-phone.” In the latest box...
Conflicts of Interest: Oppenheimer and the Morality of Nuclear Weapons Testing guest Patrick MacFarlane
On COI #450, Pat MacFarlane returns to the show to discuss his new documentary, Oppenheimer. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.
Bleeding America Dry: Senate Passes MASSIVE Military Spending Bill
From today's Ron Paul Liberty Report: Late last week the US Senate overwhelmingly passed another huge military spending bill while rejecting any oversight over how the money is spent. The Empire must be funded! Meanwhile US troops in Niger are nervously watching a...
Could the US Realistically Use Taiwan To Fight a Proxy War With China?
John V. Walsh is an antiwar writer who is well versed on China. Recently, he wrote an article titled “Arming Taiwan is an Insane Provocation.” Insane, yes, but it is also a blazing sign of desperation. A plethora of American words and actions touching on mainland...
Gerontocracy and the Decline of the US Empire
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. A year ago, I asked whether Joe Biden and Donald Trump were too old to serve as president. Recently, concerns about advanced age and failing health have come to the fore in Congress. Senator Diane Feinstein,...
When Oppenheimer Visited Japan
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A headline on Washington Post story today: ‘Disturbing’ decline in global nuclear security, watchdog says. Nuclear security risks are rising for the first time in a...
Inside a Mound in Hiroshima
Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell's newsletter Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood. A reminder (inadequately supplied by Oppenheimer) of what happened at the other end of the bomb in Hiroshima. Based on my visit. Excerpted from my book Atomic Cover-up....
Biden Should Not Pursue Saudi-Israeli Normalization
Tom Friedman oversells the significance of normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia:First, a U.S.-Saudi security pact that produces normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and the Jewish state – while curtailing Saudi-China relations – would be a game...
Oppenheimer Biopic Should Rekindle Japanese A-Bombing Debate
The movie Oppenheimer, based on American Prometheus, the Pulitzer Prize winning bio of J. Robert Oppenheimer, hits theaters today. Neatly bookended on the calendar between the July 16, 1945, A bomb test and the Hiroshima/Nagasaki strikes 3 weeks later, Oppenheimer is...
Conflicts of Interest: Ukraine Dies Whiles America’s Elite Profit
On COI #449, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest news from Ukraine. Subscribe on YouTube and audio-only.


