Stevenson’s army, July 23

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I plan to. Here’s good additional information from Fred Kaplan and New York magazine.

I’ve read many books on the Manhattan Project and want to suggest 3 novels and one nonfiction about life in Los Alamos. Joseph Kanon wrote one. Ellen Klages another.

TaraShea Nesbit’s is fun. And Jennet Conant’s nonfiction is revealing.

The bulletin of the atomic scientists has a collection from its archives.

On other matters, David Ignatius has a good piece on China and space.

WSJ questions whether Japan would support the US over Taiwan.

On Lawfare there’s a good piece on fixing the Bumpers amendment on military coups.

– And my favorite budget wonk Kevin Drum has the fix for Social Security.

I also came across this article explaining why pollsters and political ad writers clash so often.

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