Magazine - Columnists
We get the leaders we deserve
Most politicians in most countries are going too far, ordering lockdowns that go beyond what is strictly demanded by the science. They are doing so not because…
April 28, 2020
Columnists
Small-town America: ‘One bad season away from bankrupt’
OHIOPYLE, Pennsylvania — Like most places in the United States, this tiny patch of a town is struggling to stay afloat. Like most places, people are trying…
Magazine - Columnists
Trump and Republicans committed to helping Hispanic-owned businesses
We are living in a moment of time like no other. As we come together as a nation in a manner not seen since World War II,…
Editorials
Trump’s EPA is right to put a lid on dishonest cost-benefit calculations
In 2012, the Obama administration instituted a new rule on mercury pollution. But it did so employing a strange rationale. The cost-benefit analysis showed that this regulation,…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Karen’
In his 1912 introductory book The Problems of Philosophy, Bertrand Russell wrote that “common words, even proper names, are usually really descriptions. That is to say, the…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Privacy advocates push for national privacy laws due to COVID-19 tracking
The collection of location and other consumer data by the U.S. government and private companies can help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, advocates claim this use of…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Lessons in leadership from the Navy’s sorry Modly-Crozier affair
“Learning from others’ mistakes is far smarter than putting your own lads in body bags” — Former Defense Secretary and retired Marine Gen. Jim Mattis. The abrupt…
Magazine - Your Land
Your Netflix or your marriage?
Add television to the list of things destroying marriages. Married couples are less likely to watch television than single adults, according to the American Time Use Survey,…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Game theory
There is an oft-told story in baseball about a conversation between Mickey Mantle and Ted Williams. The two future Hall of Famers met one day during batting…
Business
Real estate professionals: Pandemic won’t cause repeat of 2008 housing crisis
Real estate agents who lived through the housing crisis of the Great Recession do not expect a repeat performance during the pandemic. “We are the exact opposite,”…