William Astore: Apocalypse Soon?
Returning a Final Time to Cheyenne Mountain.
The Department of War Is Back!
But Victoryless Culture Remains.
The Triad Is Not the Trinity
Or, Ending My Thermonuclear Odyssey.
Bombing Muslims for Peace
Isn't It Time to Put Our Toy Soldiers Away (Along with Our Illusions)?
William Astore: What Would Real ‘National Defense’ Look Like?
13 Tasks and 3 Maxims for a Very Different Pentagon.
Clinging Bitterly to Guns and Religion
The End Stage of American Empire.
William Astore: Are the Best Years of My Country Behind Me?
Reflections on a Long-Ago Tour of Los Alamos and the Trinity Atomic Test Site.
William Astore: Enough is Enough
Bill Astore's Speech for the Rage Against the War Machine Rally.
Nuclear War Imminent?
Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel William J. Astore who served in the nuclear missile command fears the end of human life through nuclear war is more likely than in the…
The Madness of Nuclear Warfare Is Alive and Well in America
Collectively, it seems that we may be on the verge of returning to a nightmarish past, where we lived in fear of a nuclear war that would kill us all,…
Destroying the Town Is Not Saving It
Although the keynote speaker at this year's Air Force Academy graduation was delivered by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, historian and retired Air Force lieutenant colonel William Astore gives his…
Five Reasons Why Washington Can’t Break Its War Addiction
The horrifying war in Ukraine may be a catastrophe for the Ukrainians and, in the end, the Russians, too, but for the U.S. military-industrial complex it’s clearly going to be…
What Would It Take for Military Spending in America to Go Down?
Take a moment with retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel William Astore for a little “thought experiment” about that very budget. Can we really be in a world too wild for…
The New Cold War Is Here to Stay, Until It Isn’t
While you may be horrified by events in Ukraine, the question is, why aren’t you more horrified by the way your tax dollars continue to create an ever-more militarized American…