… classified as a doomsday film. However, V for Vendetta is about the aftermath of a massive nuclear war and an oppressive totalitarian government.
OPINION: The End of War
Even 75 years after the obliteration of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic bombs, nations continue to arm themselves with roughly 14,000 nuclear …
Congress Isn’t Letting a Crisis Go to Waste
While President Trump has called the fight against COVID-19 a “war,” I’m skeptical he wants it to be a nuclear war. — $8.1 million to the National …
What Hollywood could learn about remakes from ‘Final Fantasy VII’
The original ending was impactful, because it was an allegory for nuclear war. The remake had the chance to expound on that, especially given …
This hideous bomb shelter from the Cold War is worth $30 million
A period of intense fear for an impending nuclear war resulted in widespread preparation for the worst. As a result, people went to incredible lengths in …
This Day in History — April 10
1961: Adolf Eichmann, former Nazi, is put on trial as a war criminal in Jerusalem. 1963: The nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher fails to surface …
Peter Rhodes on huffle-puffers, thoughtless students and a definition of coping
… I took part in an exercise designed to simulate Britain’s recovery after a nuclear war. It was based on a scenario of 80 nuclear strikes across the UK.
David A. Ridenour: Both parties responsible for dubious spending in bloated stimulus bill
While President Trump has called the fight against COVID-19 a “war,” I’m skeptical he wants it to be a nuclear war. $8.1 million to the National …
Sanctions or solidarity
… members of the U.S.-commanded NATO military alliance backed out of scheduled “war games,” including a practice nuclear attack on Russia.
Why didn’t the US learn from the polio epidemic?
The public feared only nuclear war more than polio. Yet government could not offer truthful reassurance. Franklin Delano Roosevelt contracted it 12 …