New technology could lead humans to relinquish control over decisions to use lethal force. As artificial intelligence advances, the possibility that machines could independently select and fire on targets is fast approaching. Fully autonomous weapons, also known as “killer robots,” are quickly moving from the realm of science fiction toward reality. These […]
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Grasping At Straws
Zen Gardner, GuestWaking Times It’s pitiful to watch the US election gyrations in the midst of this calculated societal breakdown. Americans have historically had such guts and strength, while albeit pitiful little is left, as they direct their vestigial frustration in such futile directions in the throes of their certain demise. […]
Tiny Homes for the Homeless Now Under Attack in California
Isaac Davis, StaffWaking Times Personal liberty is under attack in so many areas of American society, and combined with a faltering economy, people are in greater need than ever of finding ways to survive economically while still maintaining basic freedoms. The tiny house movement is one of the many creative ways in which people are […]
How the Israel boycott movement struck major blows in 2015
Ali Abunimah Activism and BDS Beat 30 December 2015 Despite Israel’s counteroffensive, boycott movement won some key victories in 2015. Mark Esper Polaris In September 2014, on the eve of the Jewish new year, Israel’s leading financial daily named Omar Barghouti among the 100 people most likely to influence the country’s economy in the […]
PTSD: From Viet Nam to Iraq and Afghanistan
by Robert L. Hanafin In my latest issue of The Veteran Magazine (September-October 2011), from Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), is an excellent series of articles focused on PTSD. This focus spans everything from: A PTSD Preface by Dr. Thomas C. Hall, Chair of VVA’s PTSD and Substance Abuse Committee PTSD from the Beginning […]