Magazine - Life & Arts
Fly Fishing Geek Fest
It was right before lunch on the first day of the Mid-Atlantic Fly Casting Instructor Rendezvous earlier this month when I asked organizer Dave Rothrock if he…
August 27, 2019
Beltway Confidential
Taylor Swift (Eventually) Beats Pitchfork
The first album written by Taylor Swift that was ever deemed respectable enough for Pitchfork to review was performed by Ryan Adams. The music blog gave the…
Magazine - Business
A ‘Built-in GoFundMe’
With the summer punctuated by shootings, lawmakers have again renewed their calls for stricter gun laws, including strengthened background checks plus bans on high-capacity magazines and certain…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Free Salinger, You Paranoid Miser
Matt Salinger fancies himself the stalwart protector of his father’s legacy, which includes a tantalizing trove of unpublished manuscripts. But now that it’s clear that it may…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Mixed messages on Hong Kong reveal a murky China deal
Young protesters in Hong Kong face down the might of China’s authoritarian state, waving the Stars and Stripes as they take to the streets in the defense…
Business
A slow-motion crisis: Student loan debt exacts mounting toll on US economy
When Brittany Jones told a group of senators five years ago about the $70,000 in debt she accumulated while earning her early childhood education degree, lawmakers already…
Education
Aristocracy of Letters
In his new book about universities, former Yale Law School Dean Anthony Kronman rounds up the usual suspects for an unusual reason. Many have surveyed our campuses,…
Beltway Confidential
What does it mean to be a good neighbor?
The first month after moving into a new neighborhood is often spent attempting to make a good impression on the community you’ve joined. The overzealous might even…
Beltway Confidential
An emoji house is not a home
What would you do if you were sparring with your neighbors over their insistence that you not rent your house out as an Airbnb? You could talk…
Magazine - Columnists
Small businessmen get a front-row seat for everyday life
Waupaca, Wisconsin – The Courtside Sports Bar’s famous walleye and homemade tartar sauce is seen as part of their Friday fish fry selection.(Image courtesy of Salena Zito)…