The sun sets on California’s massive solar plant
California politics are synonymous with many things, but failed energy policy might be the most relevant. The Ivanpah solar power plant is on its way to being shut down, just 11 years after…
Game of drones: A new way of war
California politics are synonymous with many things, but failed energy policy might be the most relevant. The Ivanpah solar power plant is on its way to being shut down, just 11 years after…
Harvard University suddenly finds itself in the worst crisis of its nearly 400-year history. Having created a campus environment in recent years that is distinctly uncongenial to…
The Palestinian movement is at a crossroads. Fatah and its foremost rival for power, Hamas, are both weakened, the former by internal divisions and unpopularity and the…
Who is in charge of the Library of Congress: Congress or the president? Until recently, the settled answer in Washington was that the world’s largest library was,…
President Donald Trump’s administration recently raised tariffs on steel and aluminum imports to 50%, less than three months after imposing a 25% tariff on them. But like…
Pavement is remembered as the epitome of ’90s slacker rock, southern California ironists who sang-talk impenetrable lyrics over meandering guitar licks, feedback, and toy instruments. With the…
A biblical verse advises that pride comes before the fall. It appears Target might have heeded those words. It’s a brand new day at Target retail stores…
After nearly two years of Houthi strikes on Western shipping, President Donald Trump suddenly announced a ceasefire in May with the Houthi terrorists occupying parts of Yemen.…
President Donald Trump’s administration and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have focused on the threat of artificial food dyes, promoting natural alternatives…
In my last column, I told you about Marine Lance Cpl. Nick Mitchel and how, in 2010, he shipped with his infantry unit to Afghanistan with dreams…