Energy and Environment
Texas lessons for the Green New Deal
Texas officials say progressives backing the Green New Deal should look to their state’s success to learn about the importance of transmission in ramping up the use…
April 2, 2019
Economy
Teachers’ unions step up fight against charter schools
Teachers’ unions are using strikes across the country to move against charter schools, which threaten their power. Strikes in California, Oklahoma, Illinois, Wisconsin, and West Virginia have…
Magazine - Features
Modern Babel
This is the decade America’s common culture died. Cultural taste, affinity, and identity is shattered into a thousand distinct shards. This “tribalization” has become an obsession among…
Beltway Confidential
Gettin’ halal worked up
Muslims in America have to overcome all sorts of obstacles and hardships. For the 100,000 Muslims in Northern Virginia, the latest trouble comes from well-heeled Beltway denizens…
Beltway Confidential
Letter from the editor: April 2, 2019
“Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.” This maxim from the cubist painter Georges Braque is itself a truism, but it is a profound one. It…
Magazine - Features
Minority report
President Trump raised eyebrows earlier this year by claiming that Republicans were on the cusp of a major breakthrough with Hispanic voters. “Many Hispanics will be coming…
Beltway Confidential
But first, let Mom take a selfie
Gwyneth Paltrow is not a cool mom. The actress and founder of a company called Goop tried to share a moment with her daughter this week, but…
Healthcare
The GOP’s new Obamacare headache
Republicans thought they left the Obamacare repeal debacle far in the rearview mirror, but President Trump has suddenly revived it, leaving Republicans scratching their heads about what…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Finding truth at the Brompton Oratory
Everyone has heard the saying that one should never discuss religion or politics at the dinner table. As Sohrab Ahmari learned, it’s unwise to discuss one’s forthcoming…
Economy
Business braces for no-deal Brexit
JPMorgan Chase is urging about 300 of its London investment bankers to sign contracts requiring them to move out of Great Britain if it leaves the European…