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Russ Wellen is the nuclear deproliferation editor for OpEdNews. He's also on the staffs of Freezerbox and Scholars & Rogues.
"It's hard to tell people not to smoke when you have a cigarette dangling from your mouth." -- Mohamed El Baradei, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 6, 2007 Michael Vick: Adding Insult to Black People's Injury
Vick encouraged bigots not only by planting a connection between blacks and dog fighting in their minds. He also resurrected the old canard that blacks aren't smart enough to play quarterback.
(10 comments) SHARE Friday, October 12, 2007 Medals of Honor, Wars of No Honor
Neglecting decorated members of the military who served in Iraq might strike a progressive or pacifist as a sign of opposition to our presence there. But the national indifference with which we treat Congressional Medal of Honor winners in general is actually a sign of a deep-seated malaise that, on the contrary, only serves to perpetuate war.
(15 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 26, 2007 Hillary's Telling the Truth -- That's the Problem
Are we being too hard on Hillary? In the spirit of the holiday season, shouldn't we let bygones be bygones? No, not when force has always been the option of first resort for her.
(8 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 9, 2007 Is the Iran NIE a Trojan Horse?
We may have breathed a sigh of release over its release, but Iranian-American commentators smell a rat.
SHARE Tuesday, February 26, 2008 "Lethal Pinatas": Keeping Cluster Bombs from Kids
It seems like just yesterday, thanks in part to America's only woman Nobel Peace laureate, that the elimination of land mines was the feel-good story of the decade. Yet, nature abhors a vacuum and it wasn't long before they were replaced by cluster munitions as the world's most barbaric weapon this side of nuclear bombs.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 5, 2007 Gates of Hell
As in Lawrence of Arabia. While with the CIA, the current SecDef was the lord of blowback.
(4 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Boris Bush
Pas de deux with Putin aside, Bush stomps around like another Russian president.
SHARE Monday, March 24, 2008 We Can't Take Iraq Neat, We Need a Chaser
Not only aren't most of us following Iraq in the news, we turn our backs on books and movies that dramatize it. But folding a veteran's story within a thriller works wells, at least in author Mark Biskeborn's case.
(15 comments) SHARE Wednesday, September 26, 2007 A Child's Guide to US-Iran Relations
The US and Iran's mutual history can be broken down to three basic grievances: He hit me first, it's not fair, and you're a bully.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, December 24, 2007 Mitchell Report Fails to Step Up to Plate with a Plan
Why name names in the first place? It's hard to tell which paragon of good government he resembles more: J. Edgar Hoover or Joe McCarthy. Which sets a worse example for young T-ball players? Drug use or a witch hunt?
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, January 4, 2008 Un-becoming a Citizen
It takes more -- or less -- than passing your citizenship test to become a true American.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, September 14, 2007 9/11's Non-Legacy
Americans are still as inattentive as ever.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, October 22, 2007 Homeland Security: The Lethal Illusion
If you go through life without making any enemies you're doing something wrong. If you go through life making a lot of enemies you're doing something worse.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, March 1, 2007 Greatest Expectations
Holding Iran to not one, but three, double standards is "bonkers."
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, July 9, 2007 Is the American Public's Apathy About Iraq Actually an Encouraging Sign?
Some think this war was staged in part to let Rumsfeld act out his Rommel fantasy and send his specialized army racing around the desert. Maybe it was also intended as a test-run for state-of-the-art medical equipment and procedures.
(5 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 1, 2006 Painting a Target on Ourselves
The startling transformation that killing civilians made from butchery to a recognized strategy.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, October 2, 2006 Cut and Run or Carve It Up?
Solving Iraq entails thinking that's not only outside the box but over the top.
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 9, 2006 Is Peace of Mind PC?
With the world in turmoil, the quest for serenity can't help but come off as narcissistic.
SHARE Thursday, April 19, 2007 Giuliani's Other Paradox
Giuliani's popularity with Republicans is ironic in light of his weakness on "family values." But his campaign is saddled with another paradox.