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I’m a character in Libbe HaLevy’s new play “Atomic Bill and the Payment Due”
By Karl Grossman Live long enough and more interesting things happen. I received the script last year of a play in which, by name, I’m a character. The play is “Atomic Bill and the Payment Due.” Next week, on September 9th, it is to have its premiere staged reading as a featured presentation for the…No Nukes for Power, Posturing or Destruction
(This is a presentation I gave at a 2025 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemorative Event on Long Island, N.Y. on August 6, 2025. I was the main speaker at the event sponsored by peace groups and religious institutions.) By Karl Grossman “We are in the hands of lunatics and at the crossroads of time,” Dr. Helen Caldicott said…EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin Moves to Rescind “Legal Foundation for all U.S. Greenhouse Gas Regulations”
By Karl GrossmanThe article on the front page of The New York Times this week began: “Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, said on Tuesday that the Trump administration would revoke the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.” “Speaking at a truck dealership in Indianapolis, Mr.…A Journalism Trailblazer
Professor Grossman retires, but the work continues(This was published on July 10, 2025 in The Southampton Press, The East Hampton Press and The Sag Harbor Express, and also on the website 27East.By Michelle Trauring Inside The Cleveland Press newsroom of the 1960s, one word sent Karl Grossman running: “Copy!” The nimble 18-year-old took off—grabbing the…Giving Light
This appeared as my column in Long Island, New York newspapers. By Karl Grossman May 29, 2025 After 47 years, I am retiring as a professor at the State University of New York at Old Westbury. A professor is what I always wanted to be. It’s hard to remember accurately what you were thinking when…Push to Resume Atmospheric Testing of Nuclear Weapons
By Karl Grossman “The United States may need to restart explosive nuclear weapons testing,” declared Robert Peters, research fellow for nuclear deterrence and missile defense at The Heritage Foundation, the right-wing organization close to the Trump administration, in a lengthy report last month. Issued on January 15, it was titled: “America Must Prepare to Test…Eugenics – “It was the rage of the age”
By Karl Grossman The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a private research laboratory, is located on Long Island, New York, where I live. Its outrageous history is detailed in a forthcoming book, “Long Island and the Legacy of Eugenics: Station of Intolerance.” The book, by Mark A. Torres, an attorney as well as an author, will…Presentation on My Receiving the Horace Mann Award at Antioch College
This is a condensed version of my presentation upon receiving the Horace Mann Award in April 2024 from the Antioch College Alumni Association. The award recognizes the contribution of alumni of the college in Yellow Springs, Ohio who have "won some victory for humanity" following the advice to the graduating class of 1859 by Mann,…ADVANCE Act Pushing Nuclear Power Passes U.S. Congress by Lopsided Margins
By Karl Grossman The “ADVANCE Act,” a bill to promote nuclear power, was passed 88-to-2 in the U.S. Senate last week. The ADVANCE stands for “Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy.” The only senators voting against it were Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont. It was approved in the…“Doomsday Clock” Kept at 90 Seconds to Midnight for 2024
By Karl Grossman The “Doomsday Clock” of The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists was kept at 90 seconds to midnight this week—the closest to midnight that the clock has been set since it was created in 1947. Midnight is defined by The Bulletin as “nuclear annihilation.” The hands of the clock were initially…PUSHING NUKES AT COP28 CLIMATE CONFERENCE
By Karl Grossman “U.S. leads coalition to triple nuclear power by 2050 in effort to address climate change,” was the headline of a December 4th CNBC article on activity at the UN conference called COP28 being held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on the climate crisis. COP stands for Conference of the Parties, annual gatherings…Oppenheimer, the film, and the Manhattan Project
By Karl Grossman Oppenheimer, the movie about J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Manhattan Project, is a great film, extraordinary, as most movie reviews are accurately saying, and so, so important. Causing the formation of the Manhattan Project was a letter from Long Island, New York to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was signed by Albert…