Magazine - Obituary
Charlie Watts, 1941–2021
Apologies to Ringo Starr, but there were only three truly great rock ‘n’ roll drummers to come out of the 1960s: Keith Moon of the Who, John…
August 31, 2021
Education
Minor shortage
The student-to-teacher ratio is one of the things parents consider when judging a school. If you’ve got too many children per adult, parents begin to worry that…
Beltway Confidential
Biden’s first 200 days
Joe Biden, like most presidents, made much of supposed achievements in his first 100 days. Remember how, arriving in office, he promised 100 million COVID vaccine doses…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
House riot panel turns focus to Trump
A House panel created to investigate the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol has turned its focus to former President Donald Trump, who Democrats and some Republicans…
Crime
When mailing out ballots goes wrong
What would you expect to find as a police officer responding to a call of a man sleeping in his car in the parking lot of a…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Biden’s betrayal
“My family died because of ME!” It was the fourth time in our video chat that he’d shouted those words. The man I was speaking to, who…
Magazine - Your Land
Nebraska’s one-woman town finds a neighbor
Elsie Eiler, 87, has been the sole resident of Monowi, Nebraska, for nearly 20 years. The town, if you can call it that, sits just south of…
Business
If we soak the rich, will everyone get wet?
Joe Biden describes his $3.5 trillion spending scheme as a way to improve the economy and “build back better.” The intention is a good one, but at…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
What to make of the intelligence community’s unclassified report on UFOs
This summer’s blockbuster read was a congressionally mandated government report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence titled Preliminary Assessment: Unidentified Aerial Phenomena. It had…
Healthcare
US healthcare system vulnerable to cyberattacks, leaving patients at risk
In May, Colonial Pipeline was hit with a ransomware attack on its computers that forced it to shut down its pipeline operations. It affected the fueling operations…