Beltway Confidential
2020 is getting old!
This is the last print issue of the Washington Examiner magazine of 2020, which invites rumination on the 12 months we’ve just gone through and also prompts…
December 22, 2020
Magazine - Features
Conservatives we lost in 2020
Conservatives got an inkling of how bad 2020 would be before the year even started. On Dec. 30, 2019, Gertrude Himmelfarb died. She was just the first…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Goodbye Trump, our carnival king
Three days before President Trump’s inauguration in 2017, New York Times op-ed writer David Brooks published a column linking the new president to the long history of…
Business
New bipartisan gang flexes muscles in Congress
A new bipartisan gang in Congress has gained respect and leverage after jump-starting critical negotiations on a massive coronavirus aid package. The House and Senate appeared likely…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Is postmodernism really worthless?
In 2018, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay, the editor of Areo magazine and a Ph.D. mathematician, respectively, achieved internet stardom when they revealed that (along with co-conspirator…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Plenty of spending and rhetoric heat up Georgia runoff races
The Electoral College met on Dec. 14 and delivered the 270 electors Joe Biden required to become commander in chief on Jan. 20, 2021. Senate Majority Leader…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Always be shutting up
I once heard someone describe his job, which he hated, this way: “It’s a terrible job and a terrible company, and I hate going to work every…
Magazine - Columnists
The mystery of Trump’s success
After nearly four years of the Trump presidency, there’s a mystery that’s yet to be solved. From the moment of President Trump’s election, the media and Democrats…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The new formality
Vaccinations for COVID-19 have begun, promising that in a matter of months, the pandemic will be over. It’s not too early, then, to start thinking about how…
Business
Highly skilled hackers breach US agencies and private companies
United States officials have blamed Russian hackers for recent breaches at federal agencies, companies, and high-profile cybersecurity vendor FireEye, with the malicious activity appearing to come from…