NUKES: Protesters trying to save us from ourselves
Last year, five anti-nuclear war protesters broke into the Kitsap-Bangor Sub Base, where they put up banners for peace. Their intent was to challenge the legality and morality of the storage and use of...
View ArticleNUKES: The Bangor Five raise important issue
It is rare that we question whether moral law ever trumps manmade law. But this last week, five people’s action raised that question for citizens to think about when they went on trial for entering...
View ArticleNUKES: There’s a better way to peace
As someone who has lived with the Rev. Bill Bichsel in the Catholic Worker community, has been to jail with him and knows his associates, I want to respectfully take issue with the editorial board’s...
View ArticleBANGOR: Protesters deserve our thanks
Thanks to Father Bill Bichsel, Father Steve Kelly, Sister Anne Montgomery, Lynne Greenwald and Susan Crane for reminding us of the nuclear warheads at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor near Silverdale. There is...
View ArticleWAR: Where’s coverage of pro-peace efforts?
The regional economic powerhouse, the Department of Defense and its contractors – the “Military Industrial Complex” (MIC) – employ many thousands in our region, putting bacon on the table for a large...
View ArticleNUKES: Officers’ cheating reflects lax mentality
Re: “Cheating on nuke exams endemic” (TNT, 1-26). Many officers who hold the keys to nuclear weapons cheated on proficiency tests, and this has been a major problem for decades. Air Force officials...
View ArticleNUKES: Deterrence effect is worth the price
Re: “These weapons deter the wrong thing” (letter, 5-1). I worked at Submarine Base Bangor for more than 20 years, going from a marine machinist to a quality assurance supervisor. What I saw was a...
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