Magazine - Life & Arts
Talent headaches
Not long ago, when I was producing a television sitcom, one of the lead actresses asked me for a meeting. She had, she told me, some thoughts…
April 12, 2022
Magazine - Features
The Marines of the future
In the summer of 2019, the 38th commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David Berger, published his Commandant’s Planning Guidance, intended to align the Marine Corps with…
Energy and Environment
Is Tom Cotton ‘Mr. Right’?
Betting against Tom Cotton has become a dicey proposition. In 2020, the Arkansas senator suggested the eminently reasonable possibility that perhaps the coronavirus originating in Wuhan, China,…
Energy
Europe’s other problem: Algeria
On March 30, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Algeria, an ally of Russia and one of the major gas producers Europe depends on, following the increase…
Magazine - Your Land
Milk’s favorite gay cookie
U.S. corporations are no longer in financial competition against each other as much as they are in a cultural competition to see who can check the most…
Beltway Confidential
Here’s how to tell if you’re a woman
It’s hard to believe that we live in an era in which a Supreme Court nominee had to pretend at her confirmation hearing that she was unable…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Antony and Cleopatra at war
Everyone wants to read about Antony and Cleopatra, especially about Cleopatra, who was not only history’s most famous female ruler but its most glamorous. The Egyptian queen’s…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Pass on Psaki and ‘civility’?
MSNBC’s plan to poach White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki from the Biden administration and set her up with a plush commentary gig is not sitting well…
Business
FDA approves the fourth shot of the COVID-19 vaccine
Eligible patients can now receive a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to an announcement made by the Food and Drug Administration on March 29. “Emerging…
Magazine - Features
The unconventional congressman
Ritchie Torres is a gay, Afro-Latino, millennial college dropout who has become a rising progressive star, yet the freshman congressman from New York has arguably received a…