A shorter version of this piece appeared on the op-ed pages of the Baltimore Sun, the Miami Herald, and the Tidings – the Catholic newspaper for Southern California. A longer version appeared on HuffingtonPost.com, CommonDreams.org, and AlterNet.org. Try an…
Author: Tad Daley
Radioactive Hypocrisy: American Hubris Threatens Perpetual Nuclear Proliferation
This article appeared May 15, 2009, on AlterNet and The Huffington Post. “Why can’t we have them when they can?” That, for the “nuclear have nots,” has long been the essence of what some call the nuclear double standard, what…
Posted in Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Backyard Democracy
This appeared in the April 24, 2008 edition of CommonDreams.org and on Huffington Post. Sometimes the fiercest political competition can serve as a catalyst for political reconciliation. “The death of democracy is not likely to be an assassination from ambush,”…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
My World-Class Marathon Day
This appeared in the March 8, 2008 edition of LAObserved.com. On Marathon Sunday morning, I emerged as crabby as I usually do when something wakes me up at 4:30 AM. Even if it was my own alarm clock, reminding…
Posted in Other
Where’s the Candidate That Represents Me?
This editorial appeared in the February 2, 2004 edition of AlterNet.org. Disenfranchised voters in more than 40 states lose the chance to not only influence the 2008 presidential election but also the course of history. “I’d rather vote for…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
Iran, Egypt, and America’s Continuing Nuclear Hypocrisy
This piece appeared the week of November 9th, 2007 on AlterNet.org, AntiWar.com, and was reprinted in the November 12, 2007, Op-Ed page of the Philadelphia Inquirer. America’s standard for saying which countries can go nuclear is simple: Countries we like…
Posted in Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
Presentation: A World Without War
Imagine a World Without War: Compiled excerpts from Tad’s presentation at the annual meeting of Citizens for Global Solutions in October of 2007.
Posted in Abolishing War, Audio/Visual
Why Progressives Should Care About Human Destiny in Space
This appeared in the August 10, 2007 edition of AlterNet.org, while a condensed version appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer on August 8, 2007. Barbara Morgan’s journey into the cosmos sheds light on the importance of the space program. Everybody…
Posted in Humanity's Future in Space
For Progressives in 2008, Gore’s the One
This editorial appeared in the June 28, 2007 edition of Alternet.org. In recent days, the word used more and more frequently to describe Hillary Clinton’s march to the Democratic presidential nomination has been “inevitable.” She consistently leads public opinion…
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign
What Would You Do If You Were Iran?
This piece was featured in truthdig.com, commondreams.org, antiwar.com, and trueblueliberal.org. American saber rattling aimed at perpetuating the nuclear double standard will lead instead to perpetual nuclear proliferation. Any New Yorker will tell you that the best views of Manhattan are…
Posted in Abolishing Nuclear Weapons
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