Magazine - Your Land
New York City’s underbelly
Crime and subway ridership have both dropped off dramatically in New York City amid the coronavirus shutdown. Yet the subways may be becoming more dangerous. Fires are…
April 28, 2020
Magazine - Features
Pandemics and power
During times of war and chaos, someone profits. As the world continues to reel from the coronavirus pandemic, businesses have shuttered, families have lost loved ones, and…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The trash-hauling experience
Last year, I moved from Los Angeles to New York. I had been a Californian for more than 30 years, and it seemed like time for a…
Magazine - Columnists
The coronavirus spending spree
When President Trump claimed the “total authority” to lift the lockdown and reopen the economy in every state, governors and mayors took strong exception. They cited the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
A hard pill to swallow
It seems to me that most people fall into one of two categories regarding the coronavirus: those who believe the pandemic desperately requires the most extreme government…
Magazine - Obituary
Abigail Thernstrom, 1936-2020
The early life of Abigail Thernstrom was about as impeccably liberal as it was possible to be in mid-20th-century America. Born to communist parents in New York…
Magazine - Your Land
Quarantined athletics
The coronavirus is forcing athletes, both professional and amateur, to improvise. The driveway is the new marathon track, the stairwell is the best cardio workout available, and…
Education
Why government-school monopolists are freaking out
In an attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19 through social distancing, over 124,000 schools have closed for more than 55 million K-12 students in the United…
Healthcare
The World Health Organization bows to China
For decades, the United States and other Western nations encouraged China’s integration into international organizations and the global economic order, reasoning that this would “normalize” China —…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Family feud
The Brazilian film The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao opens with the sublime beauty of nature — we see sunlight streaming through the leafy green trees, water…