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Editorial: Editorial: Freedom to Blow the Whistle June 23rd, 2011
Editorial: Guest Editorial: Never Forget May 5th, 2011
Editorial: Editorial: "The Most Unforgiving Technology in Human History" April 23rd, 2011
Editorial: Editorial: Rumors March 20th, 2011
Editorial: Editorial: Henry Ford, American Genius January 21st, 2011
Editorial: Editorial: Remember the Needy in Our Community December 26th, 2010
Editorial: Guest Editorial: Prunes November 16th, 2010
Editorial: Editorial: How Many Signs Can One Building Support? November 15th, 2010
Editorial: Accidents Happen? The Dance Begins September 16th, 2010
Editorial: Editorial: Oil Spills vs. Hurricanes September 2nd, 2010
Editorial: Editorial: Fishing Village Atmosphere? August 22nd, 2010
Editorial: A New Standard of Arrogance July 29th, 2010
Editorial: Alzheimer`s Sentence July 24th, 2010
Editorial: Editorial: When the Elephants Stampede, the Pygmies Get Trampled June 10th, 2010
Editorial: Oil Spills and Independence May 26th, 2010
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Korean Cloud on the Horizon | Korean Cloud on the HorizonEditorial Preoccupation with Hurricane Ivan has been replaced with concerns over an explosion in North Korea that produced a large mushroom shaped cloud. World natural and political events have serious effects right here in Cedar Key. The political attacks of September 11 had direct economic effect on the sale of our number one source of income, our clams. Likewise, natural events in the Pacific Ocean strike us. EI Nino related rain storms flooded clam beds with fresh water and destroyed clams just six years ago. Physics, the most fundamental and theoretical science, depends on observation, logic and creative application of proven facts. That is where the politicians, both elected and dictatorial, take over. The basis of the Korean explosion may be accidental or political, atomic or TNT. The international response to the explosion will certainly be political. Judicious application of atomic devices is in the hands of policy makers. It is worth noting that some ofthe physicists not so casually wondered if the first atomic explosion in New Mexico would set the atmosphere of the world afire. When that didn`t happen President Truman ordered the use of two atomic bombs that killed or maimed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians. Government and human failures caused atomic disasters at Chernobryl and Three Mile Island. Currently confused and inconsistent national and international policies regarding weapons of mass destruction continue to threaten world peace. We, as voters in Cedar Key, must help choose a government that weighs carefully the use of atomic science. |
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