Yale is poised to join the list of top-tier universities now offering online master’s programs. Will these initiatives work?

The recent regulatory approvals of genetically engineered potatoes and apples with consumer-friendly traits are a welcome development, but unscientific, excessive and hugely expensive regulation systematically prevents research institutions from commercializing their innovations.

Jerry Brown is California’s longest-serving governor, not to mention one of its more arcane chief executives in recent times. Brown doesn’t do many in-depth interviews; he cares little for insights into his political psyche.

Benjamin Wittes talks about his new book, The Future of Violence: Robots and Germs, Hackers and Drones——Confronting A New Age of Threat.

In their article “Mandatory Food Labeling for GMOs” (Winter 2014–2015), Thomas Hemphill and Syagnik Banerjee mentioned proposed federal legislation intended to circumvent differing state mandates on the labeling of foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs).

Hoover fellow Henry Miller discusses the food police that according to Miller are very strict and impose irrational federal regulations concerning bio-enginering or genetic engineering of plants.

On April 1 (No April Fool’s Joke), 2015, Governor Jerry Brown signed a seven-page Executive Order that imposed 25% mandatory water reduction in 2015 over 2013 usage for urban areas, commercial, industrial, and institutional properties (campuses, golf courses, cemeteries), along with other restrictions.

The proverbial thin veneer of civilization has never been thinner in California, as if nature has conspired to create even greater chaos than what man here has already wrought. What follows below was a fairly typical seven-day period in the land of the highest sales, fuel, and income taxes that have led to the nearly worst freeways, schools, and general infrastructure in the nation.

Brown says NO statewide mandatory reductions for farmers since “they must feed the nation and the world.”