Kim Jong-un issues promise to make president “pay dearly” for U.N. comments In this social media age, the sheer volume of bluster and bull from politicians staggers. Any responsible U.S. citizen must wonder if our system of government necessitates constant lying and posturing. (For starters, reelection concerns and dutiful service to the country create a […]
Almost everything else in the world is getting more attention than the treaty approved by 122 nations Veto power, ensuring that the most powerful countries in the world aren’t “pushed around” by hundreds of less-powerful neighboring nations, was a prerequisite by the United States, China, Russia, and others for their participation in the United Nations. […]
Veto power of U.S., Russia, China stands in the way of making treaty binding One hundred and thirty of the 193 total United Nations member nations have drafted a proposed treaty which aims to ban the use or possession of nuclear weapons worldwide. Dissenters and supporters tally up squarely by whether they believe they benefit […]
Isolationist and hyper-capitalist sentiment in the U.S. creates friction internationally The United Nations, an institution whose power is increasingly in question, embarked in December 2016 on an initiative to ban nuclear weapons and, eventually, eliminate them altogether. Even if a ban were to pass in the U.N., though, there’s nowhere near a guarantee that the […]
This is the urgency of the human being’s relationship with water: We cannot go long, not long at all, without water and hope to survive. In a conservative estimate, one can assume major organ damage – if not death – after three days without fresh water. Every single cell in the body requires water in […]