The safest countries in the world are European democracies such as Switzerland, Austria and the Scandinavian nations. They are closely followed by Australia, New Zealand and Japan. But the safe places also include largely Muslim countries, such as Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

Two things that happened on July 4 make me wonder if Oakland is already so lost that it can never recover.

Happy Independence Day everyone! I’m not sure how meaningful the Glorious Fourth is to anyone anymore, except for kids to explode fireworks, but maybe we should take a minute to ponder what actually happened on July 4, 1776.

Anytime the Oakland City Council talks about “civilianizing” OPD’s Internal Affairs Division (IAD), what they really mean is finding cop-hating leftists who will be biased against OPD in every case they investigate.

Let’s give a shoutout to the Oakland Police Department for the fine job they’re doing in fighting against that common enemy of all of us, crime.