Peter Hannaford

Jerry Brown, in his first stint as Governor of California (1975-83), gave public employees the gift that kept on giving:…

It seems to be next to impossible these days to bridge the gulf between right and left and make friends…

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of State issued its detailed report on the status of “Trafficking in Persons” in…

He is the only one of our presidents to have been born on the Fourth of July (1872 to be…

“I’m in Rio for the carnival,” said the voice on the telephone. It was Henny-Penny “You’re a few weeks late,”…

John F. Kennedy once said of Washington, “It has Northern charm and Southern efficiency.” That, of course, was when it…

Say “Holland” or “The Netherlands” and we think of tulips, good cheese, and an upright, hard-working population engaged in international…

“Walker Survives Wisconsin Recall Vote,” read the tepid headline in Wednesday’s New York Times. Governor Scott Walker, however, did much…

Like Lazarus, the international Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) keeps rising from the dead. Back in the mid-1970s its…

Everyone who follows presidential politics agrees that Ohio will be a battleground state again this year. President Obama has visited…