I applaud people attempting to bridge divides in America, so two cheers to the New York Times’ David Brooks for taking a stab at understanding Donald Trump’s popularity from the point of view of his supporters. Why not three cheers? Read on. Brooks writes that most people in elite circles ...

One of the advantages to a change in majority in one or both houses of Congress is that the public gets to see what the other party won’t address or has been covering up. Such was the case on Monday when Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) held a forum in Escondido, California, with parents of the 13 ...

America’s political scribes would do us a favor if they would drop the word “storied” before the name “Kennedy.” America does not have families that are royal, storied or otherwise special because of the circumstances of members’ birth. Or it shouldn’t. Lest anyone forget the ...

While attending the U.S. Army’s Command and General Staff College in 2013, I gave an unclassified presentation to several foreign military officers in our Strategic Cooperation course on nuclear deterrence and the possibility of Japan acquiring nuclear weapons. At first, many attendees were ...

In April of this year, the FBI began an investigation to determine who was using illegal software to spy from within the United States on persons in Mexico. The software was illegal because its Israeli manufacturer, a company called NSO, had previously crafted other software for the FBI, ...

Community colleges play unique and important roles in their communities. Usually more nimble than four-year universities, community colleges can quickly develop new programs to meet the immediate needs of the communities they serve. That’s exactly what Alpena Community College has done by ...