The Place To Observe Nature Is Where

The United States Says "we're Complying. We're Following The Disarmament Obligation. Look At The Quantitative Reductions That Are Taking Place." But, Since '96, There Really Hasn't Been Progress On Specific Commitments That Have Been Made. Perhaps Most Disturbing Is This: That The United States And France In Particular, Since 1996, Have Expanded The Range Of Circumstances Under Which They Might Use - They Say They Might Use - Nuclear Weapons.

One May Return To The Place Of His Birth, He Cannot Go Back To His Youth.

The International Court Of Justice (a.k.a. World Court) Is The Judicial Branch Of The United Nations And In The Early 1990's A Campaign Started And It Was Supported By Civil Society Non-governmental Groups Around The World.

The Sunbeams Are Welcome Now. They Seem Like Pure Electricity—like Friendly And Recuperating Lightning. Are We Led To Think Electricity Abounds Only In Summer, When We See In The Storm-clouds As It Were, The Veins And Ore-beds Of It? I Imagine It Is Equally Abundant In Winter, And More Equable And Better Tempered. Who Ever Breasted A Snowstorm Without Being Excited And Exhilarated, As If This Meteor Had Come Charged With Latent Auroræ Of The North, As Doubtless It Has? It Is Like Being Pelted With Sparks From A Battery.

It Doesn't Seem To Be That Huge A Commitment That Would Create, You Know, Some Kind Of Really Powerful Constituency. But The History Has Been For The United States And Russia Especially That Nuclear Weapons Have Kind Of Become Part Of The Identity Of The Countries.