Obama's chance to end the fantasy that is Star Wars

The Independent by Johann Hari | Nov. 13, 2008 (Opinion)
The US has spent $160bn – only to increase the danger to itself and the rest of us

Sure, maybe one day scientists will discover some way to evaporate nukes in the brief window before they strike. Maybe they will discover how to turn lead into gold – a pursuit that obsessed Europe's best minds for centuries. Maybe aliens will get in touch. But none of these assumptions is a sensible basis for government policy. Full Story »

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 by Derek Hawkins - Nov. 13, 2008

The story that began with Reagan’s dementia-fantasies should end with Obama’s empiricism. This decision isn’t just about a bogus nuclear shield, crucial though that is. It is a test of whether the government of the United States has returned to the firm land of empirical reality – or whether it is still way out there in the blue, gasping for air among the ideological stars.

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