Magazine - Features
What the Left gets wrong about ‘the black experience’
“They aren’t stopping you for speeding, are they?” My girlfriend Eileen was as confused as I was. It was 10 p.m. on a hot Charleston night. I…
August 9, 2022
Beltway Confidential
Elite egalitarians and the ruling class
Anthony Trollope opined that “it is the distance which [democrats] feel to exist between themselves and the throne which makes them covet the crumbs of majesty, the…
Energy and Environment
Manchin-Schumer bill has key weakness
The proposed legislative compromise between Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (WV) and Chuck Schumer (NY) would either boost the share of electric vehicles on the road or undermine…
Magazine - Features
The born-to-rule elites
LONDON — Grace Kelly was a film star before she became a princess. Princess Diana was royalty before she became a star. Meghan Markle is neither a…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The unnecessarily elusive Picon
There’s nothing cocktailians like more than to get a taste of unobtanium. For the longest time, that was absinthe, which was off-limits for most of a century…
Beltway Confidential
Myopia and, also, they hate you
The New York Times published a shameful opinion article last week titled, “Why Do We Talk About Miscarriage Differently From Abortion?” Because one is voluntary, while the…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Cancel’ again
The staff at Minneapolis’s iconic concert venue First Avenue threatened a walkout if their employer opted to host comedian Dave Chappelle in July. This prompted the star…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Ukraine’s shrinking window to change the war narrative and Putin’s calculus
On paper, Ukraine’s David is running circles around Russia’s Goliath. In the beginning of the war, Ukrainian defenders worshiped “St. Javelin,” the U.S.-supplied, shoulder-fired, tank-killing missile that…
Crime
Attack on US court records raises concerns about foreign meddling in cases
The Department of Justice is investigating a data breach of U.S. court records dating back to 2020, raising concerns that federal investigations could be compromised. The breach,…
Magazine - Obituary
Vin Scully, 1927-2022
When Vin Scully was approaching his 67th and final year as the voice of the Dodgers, he quoted, “Do not go gentle into that good night,” the…