Magazine - Obituary
Obituary: Mars Opportunity Rover
America bid farewell to an old, trusty friend this month as NASA closed the book on the record-setting Mars Opportunity rover, officially declaring an end to its…
February 19, 2019
Beltway Confidential
Amid Virginia mud, Richmond rises to Ashe
Amid the tawdry spectacle of Virginia statewide officeholders stumbling through racial indiscretions, the city of Richmond this week provided a much-needed grace note. After decades of punting…
Business
Google is telling police where your phone was
A new type of warrant is allowing law enforcement officers to obtain from Google the locations of all cell phones in a given area during a given…
Infrastructure
Congress rallies around the Jones Act
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are pushing the Trump administration to reject an appeal from Puerto Rico to temporarily waive a controversial measure called the…
Magazine - Your Land
They didn’t laugh at FDR
A howler of a claim accompanying Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal was that defeating greenhouse gases is a challenge akin to defeating fascism. We will need…
Business
An ‘Energy Star’ for cybersecurity
If Congress does not pass a cybersecurity bill aimed at the “Internet of things,” or IoT, this year, a private certification label could fill the gap. The…
Beltway Confidential
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences kills the awards for motion picture arts and sciences
Riding a wave of plummeting viewership and unable to find a single qualified host, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has made a bold decision…
Energy and Environment
Fight brewing over pipeline security
The oil and gas industry and the Transportation Security Administration are engaged in a cautious negotiation about new cyber protections for the nation’s pipeline infrastructure. The Trump…
Magazine - Your Land
The sore loser compact
Hillary Clinton won the White House in 2016, like Al Gore in 2000. The Electoral College robbed them. Majority will should reign supreme. So says a sour…
