One of the more pleasant surprises that I’ve recently had is to observe the attention that President Obama has paid to nuclear proliferation and arms control. This attention was badly needed. I think the steps to reduce the stockpile to about 2,500 weapons of all shapes, sizes, and colors is sensible and something our country [...]

The highlight of this past week occurred Sunday, when we experienced a large earthquake in San Diego. The epicenter was actually located in Mexico near Mexicali, and the latest estimate is that it was a 7.2 magnitude quake. As a comparison, the January quake in Haiti was a 7.0 magnitude. Fortunately, the area where the [...]

In March of this year, the Foundation for Enterprise Development sponsored the first Beyster Fellowship symposium on shared capitalism and employee ownership. It took place here in La Jolla and was attended by roughly 40 people with 15 formal presentations and much informal discussion. The proceedings of the meeting are now available to anyone who [...]