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Sheldon H. Jacobson, Opinion ContributorThe Hill |
Lawmakers in both parties to do the right thing by paying TSA officers, rather than play politics with the safety and security of the nation’s air...
Exploring airport security privatization should be on every airport’s to-do list.
These aerial vehicles are primed to be the platform for the next domestic terrorist attack — something that our nation is ill-equipped to respond to.
It will take a compelling reason for lawmakers to stick their necks out and enact a law that ends Standard Time once and for all.
If the party in power is in the right, a pathway for compromise would be obvious.
The controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in Minneapolis, dubbed “Operation Metro Surge,” is officially ending. This...
The Department of Homeland Security has labelled Renee Good as a domestic terrorist and Alex Pretti’s actions as an act of domestic terrorism,...
When elected officials dismiss data collection and statistics that have met the test of time yet tell a story that they dislike, they are effectively...
Money drives college football, making it a professional sport — the de facto minor league system for the National Football League.
If Congress is smart, they will find the $31 billion needed to upgrade air traffic control technologies and give air traffic controllers state-of-the...
What the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) attempted to do with a sledgehammer, Congress succeeded in doing with gridlock and an...
What the shutdown has done is amplify what is already broken in the air traffic control system, and what air traffic controllers must work with each...
Like every government shutdown, this one will end, with both parties claiming victory. Yet there is no victory when Congress cannot do its job and...
If there is any hope that our nation will be able to climb out of its current fiscal quagmire, money spent by the government should have some positive...
Given the razor-thin split between Republicans and Democrats in the House, each seat is worth its weight in gold
Most people would welcome this policy change. Yet by removing this layer, what else can be done to ensure that the system’s security remains...
The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is not only irresponsible; it is an embarrassment.
Though the economic ramifications of keeping international students from enrolling in the U,S, are significant, the threat to our national security is...
The contrast between airplane flight and helicopter flight may give some the impression that helicopters are less safe. Yet the data does not support...
What is set to occur on May 7, 2025, is the right approach. Keep the deadline and accept the short-term negative consequences of enforcing it.
the need to raise the debt ceiling is symptomatic of a bigger issue: the federal government is broke.
It seems ludicrous to change clocks twice per year, every year - can Trump's new Department of Government Efficiency finally make a change?
Early evidence suggests that the crash was avoidable. Human error is the likely culprit.
Leveling and rebuilding buildings will take several years. But restoring communities will take much longer.
Using blunt penalties to discourage airline flight delays is misdirected.
The cost to the insurance companies will be easily measured in the tens of billions of dollars. Yet insurance companies are not charitable...
The transfer portal and names, images and likeness (or NIL) endorsement deals together have created a formula for disaster in college sports.
The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended consequences suggest...