
The Gray Lady tortured (waterboarded?) common sense in its May 24th editorial entitled “The Test Ban Treaty”. The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty itself is a misbegotten endeavor born of exuberant good will following the end of the Cold War. As do most products of derelict international institutions, the Test Ban Treaty is attracting the adulation of self-styled bon vivants in print media. Only the Times, however, could advance an argument so riddled with platitudes and self-contradictions with a straight face.


