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Who’s on Watch?

Under tow a Cold Warrior's silent final voyage to be recycled. The nuclear war she never fought, and the story of her sister sub who narrowly averted…

Oct 1 • Farooq Hussain

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September 2026

Britain, France, and Europe’s Nuclear Deterrent

US deployment of the B61-12 air delivered nuclear weapon is under American control and no influence on the UK’s policy on independent deterrence.

Sep 10 • Farooq Hussain

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RV Calypso Part II: Waiting

The pioneering undersea research vessel lies in a zombie-like state, her hull, superstructure and now-defunct engines spread across continents.

Sep 3 • Farooq Hussain

August 2026

A Canticle for Richard Dawkins

Contradicting his own definition of rationalism, Richard Dawkins seeks refuge as a cultural Christian, lapsing into parochial, anti-Muslim prejudice.

Aug 25 • Farooq Hussain

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The Last Witnesses Part II: The Last Wish

Fewer than 92,000 hibakusha — survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki — remain. The film meant to carry their testimony through the…

Aug 9 • Farooq Hussain

The Last Train from Hiroshima

The only officially acknowledged survivor of both atomic bombings, Tsutomu Yamaguchi’s lifelong plea against nuclear weapons is set to be made into a…

Aug 6 • Farooq Hussain

The Last Witnesses, Part One: The Vanishing Warning

In the most extraordinary twist of fate, roughly one hundred and sixty-five people survived both the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki being…

Aug 6 • Farooq Hussain

In the matter of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci

The Senate did not arrive at that hearing room by accident — it took four stages to get there, and the last time this was done, the apology took…

Aug 4 • Farooq Hussain

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42 Things

#1 Portrait of Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC, artist Amy Sherald

Aug 3 • Farooq Hussain

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July 2026

The Missile Gap of Our Own Making

A policy of cutting institutional American science has created not just a multi-billion-dollar repair bill, but a future necessity for reconstruction …

Jul 30 • Farooq Hussain

Is the Gene Still Selfish?

Published half a century ago, Richard Dawkins's book landed like a frog in a pot of boiling water. Where do its ideas stand today and how has the author…

Jul 23 • Farooq Hussain

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What Trinity Left Behind

Eighty-one years have passed since the first detonation of an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert. Attempts to prevent catastrophe from their use…

Jul 16 • Farooq Hussain

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