Hoover Institution fellow Russell Berman talks about the complexities of the Syrian conflict and how peace can be achieved.

Earth Day has changed a lot since its inception in 1970, and not for the better. In the spirit of the time, it started as a touchy-feely, consciousness-raising, idealistic experience. Attendees were prototypic tree-huggers.

The true-believers in organic agriculture, such as the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM—Organics International), are as deluded as those who deny the value of vaccines and, like them, have the potential to inflict tremendous harm.

Henry Miller, MD, and Alex Berezow, PhD, note the uncomfortable truth a whole lot of people attending science march did not want to admit before the second science march - it was first about being against Trump, second about being against Pruitt, third about being against Republicans, and finally about being for the science issues Democrats accept more readily than Republicans. So a whole lot of signs, a whole lot of anti-science environmental groups sponsoring stuff, and hardly a mention of agriculture (except organic food), medicine (except the alternatives to medicine) and no mention at all of energy.

The Committee of 100 (C100) 2018 Annual Conference presents the nation’s premier forum on U.S.-China relations and Chinese-American advancement. With the theme, “Silicon Valley: Bridge Between the United States and China,” this much-anticipated summit will focus on timely issues on U.S.-China trade and economic outlook, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, technology entrepreneurism, artificial intelligence, and the role of Silicon Valley and Chinese-Americans as a bridge between the two countries.