Gordon Prather

Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing official for national security-related technical matters in the Federal Energy Agency, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Department of Energy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army. Dr. Prather also served as legislative assistant for national security affairs to U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon, R-Okla. -- ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and member of the Senate Energy Committee and Appropriations Committee. Dr. Prather had earlier worked as a nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Clinton-Gore III?

It appears increasingly likely that the most important and enduring legacy of the Bush-Cheney administrations will be the destruction of the international nuclear-weapons proliferation-prevention regime as it existed at the end of the second Clinton-Gore administration. Which is ironic, since President Clinton had hoped to make his legacy the elimination of nuclear-weapons altogether, getting every … Continue reading “Clinton-Gore III?”

Against Nuking Civilians

Quoth Barack Obama, then a candidate for the Presidency, way back in August of 2007: "I think it would be a profound mistake for us to use nuclear weapons in any circumstance involving civilians.” Now that Obama is President-Elect, we all hope and pray that he more than thinks that nuking civilians would be a … Continue reading “Against Nuking Civilians”

Ghosties, Ghoulies and Iran’s Nuclear Program

"From Ghosties and Ghoulies and Long-Legged Beasties and Things that Go Bump in the Night, Good Lord deliver Us." So goes an old Scottish bedtime prayer. But, this Halloween – if various neo-crazies, fellow travelers and their media sycophants are to be believed – children ought to include Iran’s nuclear programs in that list. Just … Continue reading “Ghosties, Ghoulies and Iran’s Nuclear Program”

Bipartisan Policy: Bomb-Bomb Iran

Well, according to a report released last month by the Grand Pooh-Bahs of The Bipartisan Policy Center – and an op-ed piece based upon their report, published this week in the Washington Post – it shouldn’t matter whether a Republican or a Democrat becomes our next President; he’ll probably have to bomb-bomb Iran. And the … Continue reading “Bipartisan Policy: Bomb-Bomb Iran”

Has the ‘Amber Light’ Turned Green?

Just last month, Russia Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko had this to say – “We do not see any sort of ‘fire’ that requires us to toss everything aside and meet to discuss Iran’s nuclear program in the middle of a packed week at the United Nations General Assembly. "On the contrary, there are more … Continue reading “Has the ‘Amber Light’ Turned Green?”

N More Years!

Four-score years ago our forefathers overwhelmingly elected Herbert Hoover to serve as President of the United States. He was inaugurated March 4, 1929, just in time to take the rap for not preventing the Wall Street crash of October 29, 1929, which according to the conventional wisdom, triggered the Great Depression. Of course, it was … Continue reading “N More Years!”

Bomb-Bomb Iran: To Avert EMP Attack?

According to the Guardian, a few months ago President Bush put the kibosh on Israel’s plan to take out, in a preventative strike, Iran’s nuclear facilities, despite all being duly subject to a Safeguards Agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency, as required by the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Because Bush deemed such … Continue reading “Bomb-Bomb Iran: To Avert EMP Attack?”

Bush’s Farewell Indoctrination

Well, President George W. Bush has just provided a farewell indoctrination to the General Assembly of the United Nations, an organization for which he previously showed contempt by – among other things – appointing Bonkers Bolton to be our Ambassador three years ago while another organization for which he frequently showed contempt – the United … Continue reading “Bush’s Farewell Indoctrination”

What Have We Got to Lose?

Perhaps you’re relieved, judging that the looming worldwide economic depression – which was not deliberately caused by Bubba Clinton or Dubya Bush or the Best Congress Money Can Buy – will make World War III less likely. But Bubba (with a complicit BCMCB) did deliberately launch missile attacks (violations of the UN Charter) in 1998 … Continue reading “What Have We Got to Lose?”

On The Beach

John McCain, his handpicked successor Sarah Palin and their neo-crazy coconspirators are hell-bent upon incorporating Georgia and Ukraine, both former Soviet republics, into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Since they all realize that could well require us to go to war with Russia, sooner or later, perhaps it’s time to revisit On Thermonuclear War, by … Continue reading “On The Beach”