Editors’ Picks Doomsday Clock Ticks Ahead: Two Minutes to Midnight

January 30, 2018 View in Browser Dear subscriber,   Nuclear war. The end of the world. There is nothing more dramatic—which is why it’s the subject of so many movies. Yet it’s a subject we don’t want to think about in real life. But this is a very real threat. Don’t take my word for it—some of the world’s most respected foreign-policy experts are sounding some very scary warnings. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the symbolic Doomsday Clock to two minutes to midnight on January 25. This expert panel declared that we are two minutes away from nuclear annihilation. Lawrence M. Krauss and Robert Rosner, both physicists with the Bulletin, said that “the world is not only more dangerous now than it was a year ago; it is as threatening as it has been since World War II.” Only once in history has the Bulletin believed we were this close to midnight—that was in 1953. At the same time, other experts have given similarly stark messages. I’ve been working in the news bureau at the Trumpet for over 10 years, and I don’t remember ever seeing such dire warnings coming from such mainstream sources. CONTINUE READING Richard Palmer Assistant Managing Editor, theTrumpet.com   Top Stories Interview With Dr. Eilat Mazar On today’s Trumpet Daily Radio Show, I give a brief history of the Ophel area as it’s mentioned in the Bible, and then play an interview I had with Dr. Mazar and AC alumni Brent Nagtegaal and Christopher Eames. Italy to Send More Troops to Libya, Tunisia and Niger Europe continues to strengthen its southern border. The Smoke and Mirrors of Medical Marijuana Do the scientific health benefits of marijuana outweigh its downside? Editors’ Picks Doomsday Clock Ticks Ahead: Two Minutes to Midnight ‘To call the situation dire is to understate the danger—and its immediacy.’ China’s Fishing Fleets Are Fighting a Shadowy War to Expand the Country We should not mistake them for ragtag fishermen acting on their own. Headlines China wants confrontation in the South China Sea | THE NATIONAL INTEREST German Army shifts to Jordan | GERMAN-FOREIGN-POLICY.COM Cowardice allows Muslim extremism to thrive | THE TIMES P.S. Like this newsletter? We think you'll love our monthly print magazine, the Philadelphia Trumpet, which has more insight, analysis and commentary on world events. Simply reply to this e-mail with your name, address and request. Share with your friends Tweet Share +1 Forward Follow Us .