Beltway Confidential
View through the pandemic lens
Working at the Washington Examiner, the view through my office window is usually of an urban alley behind a 16th Street club two blocks north of the…
April 7, 2020
News
Trump is right to want to get the economy started again
President Trump loves to talk up the roaring economy he sees arriving sooner than you might think. “Once we get rid of the virus, I think we’ll…
Beltway Confidential
Video game nerds are the only ‘athletes’ we have left
Thanks to the coronavirus, March Madness is canceled, the NBA season was suspended, and Opening Day of the baseball season never happened. The 2021 Olympics are postponed,…
Magazine - Your Land
The ‘quarantine 15’
The “quarantine 15” is the new “freshman 15,” describing the 15 pounds college freshmen supposedly put on during their first year away from home. Now, that catchphrase…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Coronavirus phone tracking raises red flags among privacy advocates
If you have a smartphone, it’s likely that you’re being tracked, both by government entities and private organizations, to measure how U.S. residents are dealing with the…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Congress faces partisan battle over next phase of coronavirus aid
A week after partisan bickering delayed passage of a $2.2 trillion economic relief package, Democrats and Republicans are at odds over whether additional federal aid is necessary.…
Economy
The lucky few winners and the many losers of the coronavirus business lockdown
While most local businesses, such as hair salons, retail stores, and bars, are being devastated by the stay-at-home orders to slow the coronavirus outbreak, other businesses are…
Magazine - Your Land
Social media becomes less anti-social
Neighborhood email lists and Facebook groups can bring out the worst in people. These days, we’re generally seeing folks’ better side online. Even the community bulletin board…
Healthcare
Two academic brothers have a plan for putting the country back to work in just weeks
Two brother academics believe they have a plan for getting healthy people back to work without aggravating the pandemic. Dr. Laurence Kotlikoff, a onetime economic adviser to…
Magazine - Business
Don’t put Uncle Sam in corporate boardrooms
There is nothing worse than the government bailing out private industries. I’ve spent a career opposing corporate welfare giveaways. When an industry gets in financial trouble because…