Hostages of the Hermit Kingdom

Mt. Wilson's famous, and besieged, observatory

Man once viewed the heavens by flickering firelight; now a raging blaze threatens a site where stargazing history was made.

 
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Neve Gordon's divisive Op-Ed

Neve Gordon's divisive Op-Ed

As president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, I have always remained open and impartial to the wide diversity of opinions within our...

Global warming and the sun

Global warming and the sun

Assuming there are no sunspots today, a 96-year record will have been broken: 53 days without any solar blemishes, giant magnetic...

'Buy American' -- why not?

'Buy American' -- why not?

Federal government purchases make up about 20% of the U.S. economy, yet the United States is almost alone among the major developed...

Conservatives, yesterday and today

Conservatives, yesterday and today

Think back to the spring of 1968. The U.S. is mired in Vietnam. The country is in turmoil. The sitting Democratic president abruptly...

Poll results that are poles apart

Daily Kos, an influential liberal website, recently released a poll showing that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was just nine points...

The case for parole reform

The case for parole reform

The tragic case of Jaycee Lee Dugard,...

Learning to live with wildfires

Learning to live with wildfires

Was the still air a blessing or a curse? The dearth of breeze kept the Station fire from burning even more disastrously out of control at...

Japan's new rulers

Japan's new rulers

How do you say "throw the bums out" in Japanese? That's what Japanese voters did on Sunday, booting the Liberal Democratic Party that has...

Long road to a constitutional convention

Long road to a constitutional convention

The first barrier to Californians calling a convention to draft a new state Constitution: Doing so may be unconstitutional.