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Links – April 8, 2016

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Cheryl Rofer

On April 26, it will be thirty years since the Chernobyl reactor blew up. That event gave the Soviet Union’s new premier, Mikhail Gorbachev, a scare that got him thinking about better ways to run the country. None of that worked out quite as he planned, though. Here’s a good history of the Chernobyl event. Photo from here of the containment now being built for the ruined reactor. Read More

Weekend Reading – February 6, 2016

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Cheryl Rofer

It’s Spring Festival in China. They’re celebrating with a missile launch (photo from here). So is North Korea, maybe to match the Super Bowl. Read More

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