By Yaël Ossowski | Washington Examiner With a slew of agenda items in front of President Trump, there is one more which requires the utmost attention: infrastructure. Bridges, highways, electric grids, water, and sewer systems — all of which are aging — have fallen off the national agenda because of gridlock in the Capitol. If […]
We are all Catalonians now: Why the Spanish crisis matters for all nations
In scenes straight from a 1984-esque dystopian thriller, armed policemen from the Spanish Guardia Civil descended into the streets of the Catalonian region over the weekend to halt a planned referendum for independence. Clubs were whirled in the air, polling stations demolished, and voters shoved to the ground. At last count, more than 1,300 people […]
Michael Bloomberg’s nanny crusade will make people poorer
by Yaël Ossowski | Jun 30, 2017, 8:00 PM | Washington Examiner If we were to prioritize threats like former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the world’s biggest enemies would reside in the bottoms of soda cans and within the lining of cigarettes. Launching his American Cities Initiative at the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Annual […]
Op-ed in Washington Examiner on Executive Order 12333 and Ronald Reagan
One of my stories about Executive Order 12333 made it into the Washington Examiner newspaper. Mad about government spying and snooping? Look at Ronald Reagan’s executive order YAËL OSSOWSKI • | JANUARY 22, 2014 AT 7:07 PM American uproar over revelations of mass government spying has provoked a significant revision of the actions of U.S. spy agencies across […]
Mad about government spying and snooping? Blame Reagan
By Yaël Ossowski | Watchdog.org American uproar over revelations of mass government spying has provoked a significant revision of the actions of U.S. spy agencies across the board. While ire has been focused at the Obama and Bush administrations, such snooping was given the green light by none other than former President Ronald Reagan over 30 years ago. As revealed in testimony during […]