Thus the Financial Times today. “The potential for the use of nuclear arms has increased and is likely to rise,” elaborates the newspaper. The seventieth anniversary of the fateful bombing is in the news, as is the end of World War II, but this view is kind of new. The likelihood of another such attack is high and rising, that is. But the article is predictably vague about the potential causes of another Hiroshima, not to mention Nagasaki. Dramatic climate change leading up to World War III is a nasty subject few newspapers would broach at this point in time. Which only increases the likelihood of another attack of this ilk, for nobody wishes to dabble in such perilous thoughts. Preparing for it is out of the question because it could affect consumer confidence and thus threaten the fragile economic growth. Perish the thought! And so this pitiful civilization keeps lumbering into oblivion. Will we be lucky, or will we not? In all likelihood, we will not. Luck is for the birds, anyhow.