Pugwash Anniversary
Senator Dallaire, Jayantha Dhanapala, Mayor Akiba of Hiroshima, and M.S. Swaminathan headlined the conference in Nova Scotia that celebrated the organization's 50th year.
The Art of Peace: A Camp for Kids
Carolyn Pogue organized a camp in Calgary to teach children, using their enthusiasm for the arts to stimulate discussions about such current issues as the plight of refugees.
On Terrorism
As James Rodney Ledwich points out, terrorism has not always been considered a bad thing. (Robespierre, for example, thought it a virtue.) Thank goodness times are changing.
Harper, Bush, War, and Peace
Why are both Bush and Harper buying new equipment to upgrade their combined military? Don Ayre has an explanation - and proposes an alternative: Departments of Peace.
One Laptop Per Child
Imagine giving every child on the planet a sturdy wind-up laptop computer, with Internet access. What a boost to global education that will be! Joan Montgomerie foresees it.
Progressive Spirit: A Chat with Rabbi Michael Lerner
Lerner argues that the Left has weakened its political clout by excluding religious discourse. Metta Spencer explores his Tikkun movement, which welcomes spiritual people of all faiths - including devout atheists. There's a Toronto chapter -- and they fly kites!
Smoke Signals
Amelia Jane Dietrich met her cousin in a coffee shop. But he'd been to Iraq, and had changed since their childhood. Theirs is a true story, and a heartwrenching one.
Devaluing the Currency of Nuclear Weapons
US nonproliferation policy is being undermined by their failure to devalue nuclear weapons, writes John Holdren.
Iran, the US, and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Iran has stayed within its rights, so far, as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty. But its leaders complain about the "double standard" in the Middle East. They certainly have a point, say Daniel Robicheau and Philippa Winkler, who show that Israel is not even criticized for its own nuclear weapons program. They recount the history of this disparity.
Global Peace Index
A recent study has ranked 121 countries according to their peaceableness. We list the top and bottom 20 countries here. Canada is eighth. The US was 96th. Can you guess why?
Reviews: Charles Thorpe, Oppenheimer: The Tragic Intellect, reviewed by Melville Watkins; Glen Harold Stassen and Lawrence S. Wittner, eds. Peace Action: Past, Present and Future, reviewed by Janette Watt.
Newsworthy: Sanctuary in Montreal; Latest nuclear mishap; Thousands still missing in Balkans; UN wants a billion more trees per year
The Peace Crossword (in Litsoft .puz format)
