Beltway Confidential
Base vs. base on abortion
Be careful what you wish for is a recurring theme in politics. Unintended consequences rebound on members of Congress at election time. In this vein, as conservatives…
December 7, 2021
Magazine - Features
Publishers against the People of the Book
Writing stars such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth illuminated the postwar era, a veritable golden age for American Jewish authors. The People of the Book were…
Foreign Policy
Let Freedom play
The land of the free just gained a new citizen. His name is Freedom. More specifically, his name is Enes Kanter Freedom. The Boston Celtics center changed…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Invading Vonnegut’s space
It’s impossible to know for certain how Kurt Vonnegut wished to be remembered, but it’s a safe bet that it wouldn’t be for Timequake. Even by his…
Magazine - Features
What civility really means
I first started following Kathy Kattenburg on Twitter after she showed kindness to me following an article about my sex abuse in the Washington Post, at a…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Imperial restraint
On Sept. 30, 1862, the recently appointed minister president of the Kingdom of Prussia, Otto von Bismarck, held a speech that gave a taste of things to…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Two great men are better than one
In the 19th century, Scottish historian and philosopher Thomas Carlyle proposed what’s known as the “great man theory” — at root, a belief that history has been…
Defense
Hurdles remain before annual defense funding bill gets passed
The annual defense spending bill is usually passed and signed by the president by now, but not this year. Senate Republicans voted against ending the debate on…
Healthcare
The social spending bill passed by the House spends billions on healthcare
On Nov. 19, the House passed the 1,664-page Build Back Better Act with a 220-213 vote. One of the most extensive social spending bills in history, the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The grim urban humor of John Wilson
Michael Powell’s 1960 film Peeping Tom tells of an aspiring filmmaker who prowls the streets of London looking for women to murder. His weapon is a camera…