Beltway Confidential
Christmas is coming, and Christmas books are here
When I came to America in 1987, I disliked Christmas decorations on the outside of people’s homes, perhaps on the not very logical grounds that one July,…
December 8, 2020
Beltway Confidential
Airplane mode only
Please secure all personal electronic devices and place them in airplane mode — and ensure that they remain in airplane mode for the foreseeable future. The federal…
Healthcare
Word of the Week: ‘Pod’
Apple has discontinued all of the classic design iPods with the circle wheel, such as my old 160 gig. The closest you can buy now is the…
Business
Bad news for liberals: It’s still a conservative country
It’s not exactly clear how it happened. No one expected it, least of all the media and pollsters. But that promised big blue wave of Democratic victories…
Energy
Green No Deal
Joe Biden ran on the most ambitious environmental platform of a victorious presidential candidate ever. Reported at the beginning of his pursuit of the White House to…
Magazine - Your Land
Escape from Hollywood politics
We’ve all become so accustomed by now to Hollywood actors spouting off about politics that it shocks us when a big star spouts off against Hollywood politicking.…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Editors’ picks: Christmas rereads
In Search of Lost Time, by Marcel Proust. At the turn of the millennium, I was talking with a literary friend, the late George Jonas, about a…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Stick to civilization
Dorothy Parker could have revised her poem Resume to serve as an abridged version of Steven Rinella’s The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival. It might…
Business
Despite record debt levels, don’t expect the Biden administration to make tackling it a priority
When President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January, he will face the most considerable amount of federal debt in the country’s history. The people he has nominated…
Economy
Wyoming’s first female senator is a supporter of Bitcoin
Cynthia Lummis is the Republican senator-elect from Wyoming, having been elected to succeed Mike Enzi. She will be the first woman to represent Wyoming in the Senate.…