Magazine - Life & Arts
“An Elephant Sitting Still”
As a reader of arts criticism, there’s a decent chance that maybe after discovering John Keats or “Sweetheart of the Rodeo” or maybe, disquietingly, at some more…
April 2, 2019
Crime
Wheels come off the Southern Poverty Law Center
On March 14, the Southern Poverty Law Center, the left-liberal civil rights nonprofit group known for its conspicuous wealth and ever-expanding lists of right-wing “hate” figures and…
Healthcare
FDA struggles with limited powers on e-cigarettes
The U.K. government snuffed out vaping almost before it began, providing a lesson for the U.S. The Trump administration, led by outgoing FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, is…
Infrastructure
Looking for answers after Boeing crash
The Boeing 737 MAX, the aircraft involved in two deadly crashes in the past five months, is battling public scrutiny from lawmakers as a number of federal…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Wambles, Brexit, and the street of shame
The word of the day announced at the reception of Dr. Johnson’s house was “wamble.” It seemed appropriate. Gale-force winds were buffeting London on the day I…
Beltway Confidential
Buying a stairway to heaven
At the far edge of Manhattan’s West Side, there’s a new sculpture that looks like shawarma. Or a honeycomb, or a wastebasket, or a jungle gym. Like…
Magazine - Life & Arts
My darkest day in Afghanistan
What I saw 14 years ago in early April shook me and my faith in our mission in Afghanistan. My squad drove to the hospital in Farah…
Beltway Confidential
The church of Kanye
Imagine stumbling into a church you’ve never seen on Sunday morning. As you approach you hear rapper DMX praying, “I have special privileges. I am God’s favored…
Magazine - Features
All aboard the runaway spending train
Nothing new on the budget front, or so it seems at first glance. President Trump submitted to Congress a $4.7 trillion budget for the 2020 fiscal year,…