Peter Hannaford

Some of the “The Eternal Verities,” things everyone seems to know seem do not change from one year to the…

If you were a successful venture capitalist with a few million dollars to spare you would probably look around for…

Briefly last week supporters of California’s high-speed train project had something to cheer about. The state legislature, in approving a…

Last week’s bipartisan chorus’s calls for Secretary Shinseki to resign showed that members of Congress would rather give tough speeches than tackle…

With California’s primary election next Tuesday, Governor Jerry Brown is likely to capture close to 60 percent of the vote….

For months con men have been preying on grandparents by telephone, apparently finding them a Mother Lode of money. Just…

Datelined “Los Angeles,”  the news story began, “Social media has been buzzing for weeks…” Has they? I thought. Who would…

In mid-afternoon the phone rang. The voice at the other end said, “Hi, Grandpa, it’s Thomas.” ME: Who? VOICE: Thomas,…

The decline and probable failure of Secretary John Kerry’s peace initiative was predictable. It wasn’t because of a lack of…

Vladimir Putin stokes Russian nationalism, dreams of empire and a sense of victimization brought on by the “humiliating” collapse of…