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Richard Badalamente writes fiction and non-fiction on a variety of topics ranging from speculative fiction, and espionage, to science and technology, research, and alternative futures. He is a former US Air Force officer, and was a senior analyst with the National Security Directorate of a US government National Laboratory, where his focus was nuclear nonproliferation, counterintelligence, and counter terrorism.
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An Unexpected Error
http://anunexpectederror.blogspot.com/
Richard Badalamente was a senior analyst with a Department of Energy national laboratory. His focus was nuclear nonproliferation, counterintelligence, and counter terrorism. He was assigned to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna in 1990-92, where he authored the 1991-95 Strategic Plan for Safeguards, and assisted the IAEA in evaluating the safeguards implications of events in Iraq. In late 2002, he was detailed to the Pentagon to assist in planning for Operation Iraqi freedom. He is now a writer living in Kennewick, Washington.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 270 )
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Guest Commentary on Impeachment in the Cheney Free Press Gets Me Riled Up
It was a "perfect call"A recent opinion piece by Frank Watson in the Cheney Free Press got my ire up enough to compel me to respond. Read more
Posted on 25 October 2019 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
In Defense of Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen’s September 8, 2019 opinion piece in the New Yorker has raised hackles all across the expert — layperson spectrum. You’ve gotta hand it to the... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2019 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Having Read the Mueller Report
I had three questions regarding the Mueller investigation into Russian interference in the United States 2016 Election:What was the extent of Russian... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2019 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The People Have a Right to Know
By Jon PhillipsSpecial Counsel Robert MuellerI seem to recall that the Starr Report was sent in full to the Government Printing Office and distributed without... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2019 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans Conduct Another Black Bag Operation on the Central Intelligence...
Any thought that the Republican Party was the party of law and order departed our collective conscience when Donald Trump was elected president. Read more
Posted on 09 September 2018 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Faith and Objective Truth -- Never the Twain Shall Meet?
By Jon PhillipsIn his article, Jon Phillips responds to an opinion piece by Stephen T. Asma in the New York Times, which posits that, "our minds are motivated... Read more
Posted on 08 June 2018 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Afghanistan: Once Again a Pawn Between Two World Powers
by Jon PhillipsRESTREPO chronicles the deployment of a platoon of US soldiers at one of the most dangerous outposts in Afghanistan. Read more
Posted on 19 April 2018 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
TALKING PAPER: Addressing Gun Violence in America
ProblemMore people in the United States are killed, or kill themselves by firearms than in any other advanced country in the world. There are more mass shooting... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2018 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
How Can I Explain the Perception of an Aeai to a Biological Intelligence?
N .K. Jivanjee, a Generation Three Aeai, attempts to explain to Najia Askarzadah, a biological being, how to think of a sentient artificial intelligence... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2018 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Make America Fail Again
Issue: Consumer Protection — Dodd-Frank RepealHouse Republicans voted June 8, 2017, to repeal Dodd-Frank financial regulations. Read more
Posted on 13 October 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Right of the People to Peaceably Assemble
Donald Trump’s diatribe against NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem is the height of hypocrisy. Trump recently pardoned Joe Arpaio, found guilty of... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans Rush to Kill More Americans
Yeah, yeah, I know. The headline is inflammatory. Exemplary of "Yellow Journalism." The difference is that in their rush to pass a "repeal and replace"... Read more
Posted on 19 September 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Model Truth Telling
A talk by Carl Baker at the March for TruthPasco, Washington, June 3, 2017We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Price of Liberty
Colonel Andrew Hesser, USMC (ret’d)Armed Forces Day 20 May 2017Regional Veterans' Memorial, Columbia Park, Kennewick, WA“We will pay any price, bear any... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Debtors' Prison
House Bill 1783 is about giving people a fair chance to get back on their feet once they get out of prison. Our current system prevents offenders from being abl... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Emmanuel Macron Has Won the French Presidential Election -- Vive La France!
New French President, Emmanuel MacronUnlike the Americans, French voters were too smart to be swayed by far right dirty tricks. They get a smart, good-looking,... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
URGENT -- EPA Review of Regulations
We have only six more days to comment on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implementation of the President's Executive Order 13777. Comment now! Read more
Posted on 07 May 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Changing Rep. Dan Newhouse's Votes on Climate Change
Look, we don't really care so much about changing our representative's "mind," as we do about changing his/her votes to more closely conform to our position on... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
8th LD and BCDCC to Meet Wednesday, March 15, 2017
The Benton County and 8th Legislative District Democrats will hold their regular monthly meeting this coming Wednesday, March 15th, at the union's labor hall... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Who Hasn't Donald Trump Insulted?
The latest institution to be denigrated by the White House is the Congressional Budget Office. Sean Spicer, the President's ditzy Press Secretary, said that... Read more
Posted on 13 March 2017 CURRENT, DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY