“The world is safest when tensions are highest” declared my college International Relations professor in 1972. That was at the height of America’s Cold War with the Soviet Union. It made sense that these nuclear-armed nations in high tension with each other would be particularly alert to miscalculations. Is the...
Poll: Many in US Support Trump Decision to Kill Iran General
WASHINGTON — A new poll shows Americans are more likely than not to support President Donald Trump’s decision to order a drone strike that killed an Iranian general, even amid widespread skepticism about his foreign policy overall. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was taken...
ESPN Hires Former Jaguars, Raiders Coach Del Rio as Analyst
Jack Del Rio never shied away from giving his opinion as a player and a coach. He isn't about to change his approach as an ESPN analyst. ESPN announced the hiring Thursday of the former Jacksonville Jaguars and Oakland Raiders coach. His first appearance will be Friday on "NFL Live."...
Opinion: Let Americans Watch Their Supreme Court in Action
On Monday, the Supreme Court will start a new term, with a docket packed with cases that could affect our personal lives, the environment and American democracy itself. But despite its predominant role, the court is the one branch of our federal government that does not allow itself to be...
Go Back Home to Ohio, LeBron James
Sure, I’m happy to see the world’s greatest basketball player join my favorite team, the Los Angeles Lakers. But as a Californian, I fear LeBron is the last thing our state needs. His arrival is a high-profile symptom of one of our state’s big problems: California favors older, proven, and...
It's a New Platform, But I've Still Got My Eye on Fresno
Journalism started for me when I was 9 years old. We lived about 20 miles east of Portland, not far from the confluence of the Sandy and Columbia rivers, in a place called Troutdale. I went up and down the street knocking on doors to learn the latest "news," mostly...
It's a New Platform, But I've Still Got My Eye on Fresno
Journalism started for me when I was 9 years old. We lived about 20 miles east of Portland, not far from the confluence of the Sandy and Columbia rivers, in a place called Troutdale. I went up and down the street knocking on doors to learn the latest "news," mostly...