As a retired U.S. Army General officer who spent decades confronting terrorism and helping to build security partnerships around the world, I learned one simple lesson: you do not defeat terrorists by depriving your partners of the tools they need to fight them. Accordingly, I am very surprised to see efforts in Congress to condition […]
The Iranian crisis has dominated the headlines for months. But discussion of Iran has become narrowly focused on geopolitical tensions related to oil exports, military conflict, and the persistent threat of the regime’s pursuit of nuclear weapons capability. Far less attention has been paid in the West to the plight of the Iranian people in […]
Washington has an unfortunate habit of picking winners and losers. Congress should resist doing so again. President Donald Trump’s supplemental budget request asks Congress to spend roughly $1 billion to restore full pension benefits for about 5,700 former salaried employees of Delphi whose pensions were reduced when their plan was terminated. Supporters portray the proposal […]
California Forever’s vision for a safe, affordable, and sustainable Bay Area community is laudable. Founded by Czech-born Jan Sramek and backed by Silicon Valley billionaires, the company bought vast tracts of Solano County farmland to build a new city under a single master plan, bypassing the region’s usual maze of restrictive zoning, rezoning fights, and […]
