According to a new Pew Research Center poll, the American attitude toward news media has improved of late, rising seven points in just over a year. Americans also have relented in their desire to have the government censor the press. Just after 9/11, a majority felt it was OK to censor for national security reasons. The latest Pew poll shows the opposite.
Gas is king in the vast expanse of the Pacific. And as the Pentagon has sought to build up its capability to deter China, the Department of Defense has undergone a major rethink about how to get fuel to the region. At the heart of the effort is the U.S. Transportation…