What’s the other side of the national missile defense coin? Preparations for using nuclear weapons against China, Russia, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya, and Syria. It sure looks like we’re planning on expanding the possible uses of nuclear weapons beyond simply as serving as a deterrent to other countries attacking us with nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons. Of course our past and current nuclear postures are classified, so it’s difficult to say how much of a change this is. The question is: why the leak?
Here’s yet another reason to use Mozilla instead of Netscape 6. It’s got all the good Mozilla stuff without all the bad AOL stuff.
There’s finally a picture of The Sphere available at Yahoo, I’ve been looking for one since I heard that the sculpture – in its damaged state – will be installed at Battery Park as a 9/11 memorial.
The NYRB has a review of a book on American Jesuits which looks interesting. I’ve long been fascinated by the Jesuit order in the Catholic church – they’re quite different than the other orders. The review, by a former Jesuit priest, touches on some of the ways that the order differs from mainstream Catholocism, and discusses some of the problems that the Jesuits face going forward.