Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time
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Atomic Age, Atoms For Peace, General Electric, Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Syria, Yucca Mountain
I was but a babe when the Atomic Age began -- babe in the infant sense, babe -- and a mere tot when the decision was made to tame the mighty atom. Viewed from this distance, Atoms for Peace (as the taming project was called) seems impossibly wrongheaded, an invitation...
Harry Shearer | Posted October 14, 2007 | Politics