Magazine - Life & Arts
What happened to baseball wit?
A rookie pitcher took umbrage at an umpire’s strike zone as he fell behind in the count to the Cardinals’ Rogers Hornsby. The hall-of-famer cracked a home…
August 11, 2020
Magazine - Your Land
When cancel culture trumps Native American culture
One of the biggest lessons of the past few years is that no one and nothing is safe from cancel culture. Aunt Jemima, Land O’Lakes, and Uncle…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Damn the torpedoes
The epic land battles of World War II, including D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge, typically get most of the glory in films about the war.…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Our men in Moscow
All but the least attentive in the United States are familiar with the broad outlines of the story: Around 1990, or perhaps earlier, shady characters associated with…
Magazine - Features
The science of anti-Semitism
The darkest chapter of modern Jewish history involved Germany applying science to anti-Semitic degradation and violence. Seventy-five years later, the German government is still exorcising those demons,…
Education
Teachers unions want billions for the ‘homework gap,’ but chasm may not be that wide
As Congress debates what form fall coronavirus relief should take, teachers unions are lobbying for America’s elected representatives to help close the “homework gap.” “The coronavirus pandemic…
Business
Trump targets TikTok, claiming security issues
Recently, President Trump threatened to ban the Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, saying the popular short-form video app presents a security threat. Trump hasn’t detailed his security…
Education
Class dismissed
It’s looking less and less likely that public schools in populated areas will reopen this fall. And if they do, the students will need to follow so…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Eight things that will change at the Pentagon if Biden is elected and three that won’t
The outcome of the November election is far from a sure thing. If 2016 taught us anything, there are way too many variables — the shifting mood…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Call me to discuss
Here’s a familiar scene from the workplace before email and instant messaging services arrived with all of their savage efficiencies: You get up from your cubicle to…