In March 2012, the Deepsea Challenger made a manned descent to the deepest known part of the ocean, the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench. What they found at 35,700 feet was a world under such pressure and so lacking in light that it made the conditions of life difficult to imagine. What light there […]
Teach-In on Ending U.S. Wars
On Thursday, April 29, 2010, a “Teach-In on Capitol Hill,” was held in Room 2168 of the Rayburn House Building, in Washington, D.C., dealing with the question of what the U.S. Congress must do to end the U.S. Wars and secure a peaceful Middle East. Teach-In on Capitol Hill on Ending U.S. Wars from William […]
Obama's New "Afghani" Offensive
Dec. 1, 2009 Watching President Obama tonight, I was secretly hoping that he would use the occasion to disclose. But no such luck. My secret thought about what he is doing is that he is building a corps of new recruits loyal to him who will never be sent to Afghanistan, but instead will supervise […]