In The Order Of Nature We May

Joy In The Universe, And Keen Curiosity About It All - That Has Been My Religion.

The Budget For Nuclear Forces In The United States Is On The Order Of $25 Billion Or So. That Includes Warheads, Delivery Systems, Command And Control; Does Not Include Environmental Clean-up, Which Is Another Maybe $10 Billion Or So. So That's About 5% Of The U.s. Military Budget.

The God Of The Puritans...was A Monster Too Horrible To Contemplate.

Somewhat By Historical Happenstance The Five Permanent Members Of The Un Security Council - United States, Britain, France, Russia, And China - Also Were The Original Five Countries To Have Nuclear Weapons.

For Two Summers Not A Blue Wing, Not A Blue Warble. I Seemed To Miss Something Kindred And Precious From My Environment--the Visible Embodiment Of The Tender Sky And Wistful Soil. What A Loss, I Said, To Coming Generations Of Dwellers In The Country--no Bluebird In Spring!