Nuclear arms control in crisis while US exerts pressure on treaty signatories
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — Responding to a question, Albert Einstein, the German-born physicist who won the 1921 Nobel Prize for Physics, predicted rather ominously: “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” Einstein, who regretted the marginal role he [...]
Law must be in order
In general terms, ‘law and order’ is taken to mean that law and order prevails when the law is adhered to. Another aspect I would draw attention to is that the law must be just and fair for it to be in order. Heartless and excessive laws are not in order. In Sri Lanka, the [...]
The US Election’s chaos quotient
NEW YORK – Opinion polls in the United States have long pointed to the strong possibility of a Democratic Party sweep in the election on November 3, with Joe Biden winning the presidency and Democrats gaining control of the US Senate and holding on to the House of Representatives, putting an end to divided government. [...]