The social and rhetorical effects of nuclear weapons have always vastly exceeded their military or strategic utility. The negotiators in both Iran and the P5+1 understood this, and worked hard to produce an accord that would remove the most effective tool that the hawks on either side had for bringing about war ( Read more... )

No organized hikes this weekend, so I went on my own to the Tom Cooke Trail then turned on to the Steamboat Ditch Trail to the west. I did a total of four miles. That was enough for today. Weather is turning distinctly fall-like. It even looked like it was going to try to rain early this morning. I guess the real organized events today are the ( Read more... )