The Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) Program has gotten off to a bumpy start. Despite the $42.5 billion of funding, not one customer has been connected since the program originated in 2021. BEAD could see a massive overhaul after Donald Trump returns to the Oval ...
President-elect Donald Trump is “putting a bit of stick about.” That is a British expression meaning as it sounds to stir up trouble. In sports, like rugby, it means to play more aggressively. In politics, it can mean to stir up trouble for trouble’s sake. Aficionados of British ...
Washington, D.C., got nearly 10 inches of snow recently. That was more than enough to shut down the nation’s capital. Thankfully, all of DC’s lobbyists and politicos stayed safe at home. Their local utility, Pepco—which relies on natural gas and coal for roughly half of its power ...
An unusually unpredictable political landscape hides another imminent danger — our speeding technology race. We are more vulnerable to victimization and exploitation from technology than ever before. A well-thought-out Human Integrity Amendment to the Constitution will help meet the challenge ...
Cyclone Chido struck the island of Mayotte in December, causing significant devastation to the 300,000 residents of the French colony off the East African coast. Although it remains unclear whether climate change is responsible for the event, the storm’s intensity and destruction are directly ...
Giorgia Meloni, the most consequential Italian prime minister in decades, met recently with Donald Trump in Mar-a-Largo in a surprise visit. The meeting underscored the rapport between two leaders who have risen as emblematic figures of conservative movements in their respective nations. It ...