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Editorial: Myths, Misinformation and Propaganda December 16th, 2008
Editorial: Editorial: Will Park Closure Just Make Things Worse? November 29th, 2008
Editorial: Editorial: October and November Surprises October 30th, 2008
Editorial: Is the Sky Falling? September 24th, 2008
Editorial: Editorial: Who Reads Cedar Key News? September 19th, 2008
Editorial: The First Hurdle for Every Child September 3rd, 2008
Editorial: A View of China from Cedar Key August 18th, 2008
Editorial: Who Killed the Real Estate Market? August 8th, 2008
Editorial: Editorial: It`s Clamerica! July 1st, 2008
Editorial: Can the City Commission Limit Noise? June 6th, 2008
Editorial: Unintended Results Rock the Boat May 29th, 2008
Editorial: Creeping Gas Prices May 13th, 2008
Editorial: Cedar Key Election Soon April 30th, 2008
Editorial: Questions fo the Candidates April 2nd, 2008
Editorial: Coming Elections: National County and City March 19th, 2008
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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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