Passing the TPP is as important to me as another aircraft carrier,” said former U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter two years ago, as the negotiations on the huge new free trade organization were nearing completion. Given that the United States already has twice as many aircraft carriers as the rest of the world put together, that comment could be taken several ways, but Mr. Carter meant that the TPP was strategically important in his eyes.
Category: Opinion
The last man: Go back to the moon – and get to Mars, too
But the dream of space exploration lives. We must return to the moon. And as an expression of the American spirit, the Trump administration should seek to accelerate the mission to Mars.
A poker-winning machine is no threat
I didn’t worry too much when computers beat humans at checkers, chess, or Go. It was, after all, only a matter of time before someone built a powerful computer with a vast database of known game situations.
‘Rings’ returns to scare you; “Space Between Us” is romantic sci-fi
Its tagline — “First you watch it, then you die” — must be the greatest piece of negative advertising that you’ll ever encounter. No, despite what you think, you haven’t seen this one before.
Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
Thumbs up to a quiet, but important, action by the state Legislature earlier this week when lawmakers passed a second resolution on a change to the state constitution to strip pensions from lawmakers who commit crimes related to their public office.
Subway shutdown is chance to try new transportation strategies
New York has always been congested, but lately, worsening transit delays and gridlock on streets have left New Yorkers fed up. Transportation has gotten so unreliable that when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority recently installed Wi-Fi in subway stations, instead of being excited, riders took the opportunity to complain about the trains.
Letters, Feb. 3, 2017: Rain, rain, go away
We are told if the Senate does not approve Trump’s pick for Supreme Court, the so-called “nuclear option” is to be used. Well as ugly as that is, Harry Reid opened the door, and as the saying goes, payback is a … .
Mission Valley’s stadium: Could the Raiders find a home in San Diego?
San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders fans played their parts at Qualcomm Stadium on Dec. 18, 2016. Dean Spanos stated how he felt about San Diego fans when he packed up the Chargers and moved to Los Angeles.
Xamarin IDE (Win10) – Your Opinions?
Hey guys, I thought I’d ask what you feel about the Xamarin IDE for C# projects. I’d appreciate all input, but if you have experience with VS 2015 and want to share the Pros and Cons of Xamarin compared to VS, that’d be super as well.
Lofty ambitions: Apollo 1 module tells a story of dreams, sacrifice
Fifty years ago Friday, the nation suffered a tragedy that could have derailed the space program before it accomplished its goal of landing humans on the moon. On Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire enveloped the Apollo 1 capsule containing three astronauts.
Diana Nelson Jones’ Walkabout: Citizen Science Lab closing education gap
Science education, always crucial, is now urgently needed to overcome ignorance about how and why Earth’s climate is changing and what we can do about it. God, have mercy if we fail at this.
The balance sheet on – America First’
President Donald Trump believes an “America First” foreign policy would save Americans income and jobs and would help rebuild the country. Putting aside the moral and diplomatic dangers in Trump’s brazen assertion of American self-interest above global well-being, there is one economic truth in Trump’s ideas but several dangerous myths.
Tackling the challenge of brain drain
Malaysia must focus on retaining the existing talent at home instead of wooing those who have left the country in search of greener pastures Brain drain seems to be an obstacle in Malaysia’s development. Malaysians continue to leave their homes in search of greener pastures abroad.
For NASA, the goal should be Mars
Cornyn and Rep. John Culberson , R-Houston, have introduced legislation that would make a manned mission to Mars NASA’s long-term priority. Cornyn first rolled out the bill in March, following Commander Scott Kelly ‘s safe return to Earth after a year in space.
Thata s not true: Stand guard against interneta s fake news virus
“Fear of foreigners” headlines from the 1920s warned Americans about the peril of alien invaders from Europe. During 1941, our country declared war against Japan and hysteria swept across the nation; truth became the first casualty of war and anyone who “looked” like the enemy became the enemy with sightings of “Jap” planes over our Valley.
Best of Rossie: a time to mourn and reassess
BEST OF ROSSIE: A time to mourn and reassess Television showed the explosion again and again until the senses cried for relief. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2kebwKj Rossie leaves behind a huge legacy: columns that are etched into the memories of generations of newspaper readers and a contingent of reporters, writers and editors.
The Case of the Pregnant Childless Woman: Remembering Roe v. Wade
On Friday, January 27, 2017, masses of people converged on Washington, D.C. to repudiate Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision that endowed upon American women a Constitutional “right” to “abortion.”
EDITORIAL: Justice Department doesn’t want Microsoft to tell…
The Fourth Amendment protects “the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” Yet current law perversely prohibits companies from informing customers when the federal government comes calling to cull their personal information from corporate databases.
It’s a hard road finding the perfect phone
OPINION: Baconlover385 leads the bidding again. He/she has an autobid of a dollar more than whatever I offer for this iPhone 4s on Trade Me.
Robots won’t steal your job, they’ll make work more interesting
The debate on automation cannot just be based on worst-case scenarios. Pictured, an android from Fritz Lang’s dystopian sci-fi masterpiece Metropolis.
George F. Will: Protectionism does not protect American workers
When the president speaks of closed factories scattered like “tombstones” across America, has he noticed the shuttered stores in shopping centers and entire malls reduced to rubble? He promises “protection” to prevent foreigners from “destroying” manufacturing jobs by exporting to America things that Americans want to import. Does he know that one American company might be “destroying” more American jobs than China is? And that this supposed destruction is beneficial? The company is Amazon , created by Jeff Bezos.
Editorial: Views from Ohio
When astronaut Eugene Cernan left the surface of the moon after a very active Apollo 17 lunar expedition in 1972, he knew he was the last man on the moon, at least for a while. Cernan, who died Monday at age 82, didn’t have the all-American persona of John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, nor the luck of being first, such as Alan Shepherd as the first American in space or Neil Armstrong as the first man to walk on the moon.
These 24 ‘rogue’ Twitter accounts claim to be from federal agencies
By Wednesday, Jan. 25, the number of “rogue” Twitter accounts that claimed to be unofficially posting on behalf of federal agencies had grown to 14. By Wednesday, Jan. 25, the number of “rogue” Twitter accounts that claimed to be unofficially posting on behalf of federal agencies had grown to 14. At least 24 Twitter accounts claiming to be posting unofficially for federal agencies sprouted like mushrooms overnight following an isolated incident in which a former employee of the National Park Service took over one of its Twitter accounts and posted four tweets about climate change on Tuesday. The Badlands, South Dakota, National Park tweets were promptly deleted but copycats soon followed.
Cybersecurity 101: Understanding the threat levels and taking action
As the owner of a small-to-midsized accounting firm, you may think a cybersecurity breach won’t happen to you. Think again.
Three straight scorchers are not a trend
In this July 21, 2016, photo, the sun sets beyond visitors to Liberty Memorial as the temperature hovers around 100 degrees in Kansas City, Mo. For the third straight year, Earth set a record for the hottest year, NOAA and NASA announced.
Opinion: Why Washington needs more hackers
The federal government is finally beginning to embrace hackers, but it should do more put their talents to work fixing the nation’s cybersecurity. Their help is sorely needed.
Patriot Perspective: Post-secondary success is how we measure our schools’ success3 min ago
I want to thank and acknowledge the challenging community engagement and planning work that has and continues to take place across all of our school district’s communities.
Letter: A eulogy for books
Why do we need books, anyway? Everything we need to know is on the Internet. Wrong.
OPINION: Colin Baker – ‘Enlighten me about new bulbs madness’
Remember when the only decision you had to make about a new light bulb was the wattage? Forty, sixty or a hundred – and that was it. Simpler days.
Kevin Lang: Proposed Spaceport in Camden County a serious threat to…
This Tuesday Oct 28, 2014 photo provided by NASA shows the Orbital Antares rocket, after it suffered a catastrophic anomaly moments after launch at NASAs Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The Cygnus spacecraft was filled with supplies slated for the International Space Station, including science experiments, experiment hardware, spare parts, and crew provisions.
Guest Editorial: Lunar New Year is for losers like me
When I’m not mucking about the Northwest Asian Weekly office, I work as a graphic designer. Mostly for fun, I also churn out stock clipart for pennies on the hour.
How years of wealth weakened Alaska’s spirit of innovation
Alaska’s decades of oil wealth atrophied our capitalistic muscles. Our business culture needs to learn risk-tolerance and aggressiveness to compete in America’s innovation economy.
Did we really elect Donald Trump?
Republicans can argue until their last breath that Trump objectors are sore losers, but isn’t more at stake than “mere politics”? This phrase has been rendered quaint by such serious issues as: Russian hackers apparently trying to tilt the election toward Donald Trump; the FBI’s possibly politically motivated practices; Trump’s initial resistance to the conclusions of the U.S. intelligence community; Trump’s refusal to release tax records, which might mollify concerns about his relationship with Russia. These aren’t partisan issues, or shouldn’t be, as evidenced by the Justice Department inspector general’s decision to investigate how FBI Director James Comey handled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s email and private server.
AstroBob: Aurora — the big picture from 518 miles up
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image by Jesse Allen / Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership.
Will US democracy survive the Trump presidency?
Even with his inauguration as US President still forthcoming, Donald Trump has appointed his son-in-law as his Senior Adviser. He also refused to divest himself from his business holdings, but shifted all his assets into the care of a trust managed by his two sons.
United for the greater good
This month, the film “Hidden Figures” hits the movie theaters, chronicling the untold, true story of the three African-American women – Katherine Johnson and her two colleagues, Dorothy Vaughn and Mary Jackson – with exceptional math minds who helped advance our nation’s space program. Without them, it’s unlikely that astronaut John Glenn would have orbited the earth.
AL-HUSSEINI: Let’s clean up the space junk orbiting Earth
“Earth orbit is breathtakingly beautiful and our gateway to exploration. It’s up to us to keep it that way.”
King’s vision demands effort, persistence
In years past, the Martin Luther King holiday has been a happy celebration with lively marches, exalted oratory and the like. This year, however, as everyone knows, is different.
Kathleen Parker: Did we really elect Donald Trump?
Republicans can argue until their last breath that Trump objectors are sore losers, but isn’t more at stake than “mere politics”? This phrase has been rendered quaint by such serious issues as Russian hackers apparently trying to tilt the election toward Donald Trump; the FBI’s possibly politically motivated practices; Trump’s initial resistance to the conclusions of the U.S. intelligence community; Trump’s refusal to release tax records, which might mollify concerns about his relationship with Russia. These aren’t partisan issues, or shouldn’t be, as evidenced by the Justice Department inspector general’s decision to investigate how FBI Director James B. Comey handled the probe of Hillary Clinton’s email and private server.
Creative Destruction Intensifies
Two icons of American business – Macy’s and Sears – are struggling. Macy’s plans to close 100 stores to improve profitability, and Sears has sold its Craftsman tools line for roughly $900 million to raise cash.