Newsom, Bass, and Sacramento: How the LA Fires Became a Conflagration

What in the blazes were they thinking?

Lame Duck Biden Admin Spends $1 Mil in Taxpayer Funds on Foreign DEI Programs

Money will go to 'marginalized' and 'underrepresented groups' in Indonesia, Guatemala, and Kenya, documents show

Two Months Before Deadly Blazes, LA Fire Chief Said She Needed More Firefighters—Then Karen Bass's Admin Scrubbed the Memo

'In many ways, the current staffing, deployment mode, and size … have not changed since the 1960s,' wrote Kristin Crowley

How the Left Views Langley

REVIEW: 'The CIA: An Imperial History’ by Hugh Wilford

Losing Their Religion

REVIEW: ‘If You Will It: Rebuilding Jewish Peoplehood for the 21st Century’ by Elliott Abrams

Putting the Thrill Back in the Spy Thriller

REVIEW: 'Gabriel's Moon' by William Boyd

Alternative Energy

REVIEW: ‘The Name of This Band is R.E.M.: A Biography’ by Peter Ames Carlin

Remembering David Lodge: Author, Agnostic, and Consummate Chameleon

Bureaucracy, Red Tape, and a Failed Gavin Newsom Project: Why California Moved Slowly in Wildfire Prevention

California's leaders have known for years that the plodding pace of their fire prevention efforts is a problem

Hawaii Democrats Talk a Big Game on the 'Climate Crisis.' They're Also Shielding an Oil Company Whose Execs Backed Their Campaigns

Honolulu's lawsuit could lead to oil industry defendants paying billions in damages