Lawrence Kadish

Much is being made of the recent launch pad explosion of Blue Origin's massive rocket, an event that to some suggests we may have lost our way in seeking the high ground of space.

Not so very long ago, the Pacific was the scene of some of the bloodiest battles of World War II, where no quarter was given.

Perhaps not since President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Advisory Committee on Uranium in October 1939, whose mission would eventually lead to the creation of the atomic bomb, have the actions of a president regarding energy been so crucial to America's future.

America's quest for unlimited energy to power its future has moved closer to reality. Helion Energy has received the first-ever "Radioactive Materials License and Radioactive Air Emissions License" granted anywhere in the world for a nuclear fusion

The fireworks have faded. The paradegoers have gone home. The red, white and blue bunting will be taken down by the end of the month.

Published reports suggest that China is inundating its citizens with stories that America is on the decline, inferring that the rest of this century is China's for the taking.

America is in an artificial intelligence arms race with China but we are continuing to miss a crucial technology required to secure the win.

In an era when artificial intelligence is now directing deadly drone attacks in Ukraine, it would be understandable to focus exclusively on what that now means on the battlefield.

Developing nuclear fusion energy -- which will be indispensable to generate the enormous amounts of energy that will soon be needed for AI, data centers, quantum computing, and to prevent the Communist Chinese Party from overtaking the United States as

Tomorrow marks 25 years since the attacks of September 11, 2001 shattered America's complacency and changed the course of the world. A quarter-century later, it is worth remembering that the warning signs were not invisible in the years — and even in the hours — before that day.