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The more government ‘borrows,’ the more we pay

If you think the Treasury Department borrowing trillions of dollars is a problem only for future generations, think again. The interest rates on your credit cards, student loans — even your mortgage — are all up now because of the Treasury’s borrowing spree, and it’s costing you thousands.

GOP lawmakers are overriding local will

The pattern of Republican state officials overturning the acts of democratically elected local officials, and seizing local power, is growing ever more disconcerting.

Unprecedented opportunity: A path forward on spectrum

For decades, the United States has enjoyed electromagnetic spectrum superiority over its competitors in all domains — both military (space, air, land, sea, cyber) and commercial. But in recent years, other countries — including China — have grown more aggressive in their efforts to “win” global technology competition.

Steel salvaging operations strip ship gravesites of their sanctity

Today the practice of “deep sea” grave robbing is in full swing. These grave robbers couldn’t care less about the bodies disturbed by their activities, as their focus is on the pre-World War II steel that went into constructing many of the ships sunk during that conflict.

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