In the movie The Perfect Storm, George Clooney and Mark Wahlberg are among the crew of a boat off the Northeast coast that is caught in the convergence of multiple powerful storms. The combination of tempests ultimately takes down the craft and its crew. We should all hope one of our nation’s most vital industries doesn’t succumb in similar fashion as it is caught in a perfect storm of ideological rigidity, bureaucratic arrogance, and regulatory overreach.
A New York woman nearly lost her life after shattering part of her skull on a solo hike in Washington, but was narrowly rescued by a pair of Good Samaritans who followed a trail of her blood. ...