John skips today's boralogue to make room for an issue following the national security thread we opened a few weeks ago. Electromagnetic pulse destruction of the country's infrastructure via missile attack from hostile sources or from geomagnetic storms in space is a burgeoning reality, but policy makers seem oblivious to the danger. It's sobering to realize just one high-altitude EMP burst could disable the entire U.S. electrical grid. Dr. Peter Vincent Pry is director for the United States Nuclear Strategy Forum. (www.empactamerica.org).
As world leaders spoke at the United Nations this week, the UN's Human Rights Commission Goldstone Report concerning the recent Gaza war has created far more controversy than settled issues. Dexter van Zile (www.camera.org) returns for an examination of the issue.