Magazine - Obituary
Sumner Redstone, 1923-2020
Now more than ever, Hollywood seems like a town in flux. Between changing audience tastes, the advent of streaming, and the scourge of the coronavirus, movie theaters…
August 18, 2020
Business
Fitness equipment flying off shelves as people stay fit sheltering at home
The fear of coronavirus infection while exercising at the local health club has prompted huge sales in home fitness equipment. “I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s…
Economy
US fuel-makers could face ‘irreparable’ damage from demand collapse and the move to green policy
U.S. fuel-makers continue to suffer from the pandemic-caused demand collapse and are facing an uncertain future as people avoid flying and refiners face the prospect of more…
Healthcare
Senators push for health privacy measures in COVID-19 stimulus
As Congress fumbles its way toward a new coronavirus stimulus package, a group of senators has called on lawmakers to protect patient privacy during data collection about…
Foreign Policy
White House language about China shifts to downgrade ‘President’ Xi Jinping
There’s a new candor in relations between the United States and China. At least from the Washington side. While Beijing refers to where Uighurs are held as…
Business
Meet your robot caretaker
Imagine waking up on your 92nd birthday four or five decades from now: You need help getting from the bed to the bathroom, medication reminders, someone to…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Land of the lost
Summerland, the newly streamable release from IFC Films and writer-director Jessica Swale, is many things at once: a World War II drama set amid the social upheaval…
Magazine - Your Land
Long list of shortages including Dr. Pepper
Toilet paper shortages, mask shortages, and cleaning supply shortages are old news now. The pandemic and the lockdowns have spurred a second and third wave of shortages.…
Beltway Confidential
FDA takes on faux hangover remedies
Famed hangover cures are as old as drinking (give or take a few hours). What’s new is the aggressive marketing of them. And the authorities are not…
Beltway Confidential
Biden’s transformation, and what it portends for America
Do you want America to be transformed? If, like me, you’d welcome (among other things) more public politeness, less disingenuous political debate, and an end to the…