Magazine - Life & Arts
Dimming London’s literary lights
That someone can write is no guarantee that they can talk or that meeting them would be worthwhile. “I think like a genius,” said Vladimir Nabokov, “I…
August 30, 2022
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Taxing Americans’ patience
Rep. Andrew Clyde has rare bragging rights: The Georgia Republican fought the Internal Revenue Service and won. Years before Clyde’s 2020 election to the House, representing northeastern…
Foreign Policy
Iran’s executioners
It was a typical hot and humid July day just outside Washington, D.C. By 11 a.m., it was already 87 degrees but felt nearly 100. Ali Akbar…
Business
Remote desktop tool is hackers’ dream
A software tool designed to allow legitimate remote access to computer desktops has vulnerabilities that leave critical infrastructure operators open to cyberattacks, according to a cybersecurity company.…
Foreign Policy
Word of the Week: ‘Downplay’
Well, this is a fine mess. Per the Associated Press, “Berlin police have opened a preliminary investigation against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over his comments this week…
Economy
Tightening your belt
The last time I flew to New York from Los Angeles, I got off the plane and headed to the cab line and thought: “Wait a minute.…
Education
Canceling our student loan debt crisis?
Take it from someone who’s paying off her student loans: College is way too expensive, especially considering how little the degrees financially benefit graduates. The average salary…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Slow progress: Ukraine’s perilous path to victory
After six months of duking it out with a putative superpower, Ukraine and its rock star president, Volodymyr Zelensky, have emerged “bloodied, but unbowed.” Embolden by the…
Business
The dumbest union ever
In October 2020, a month before the presidential election, Democratic nominee Joe Biden infamously declared, “No one is ever going to build another coal plant” if he…
Beltway Confidential
Polling, whoops, and ‘no fair!’
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten recently announced a bit of supposedly good news: Confidence in organized labor is still strong! “Americans have lost confidence in…