Magazine - Life & Arts
The world Venice made
What do the logarithmic calculator, crystal glasses, ballistic algebra, and the Frank Capra movie It Happened One Night have in common? The answer to this apparently obscure…
December 8, 2020
Magazine - Features
American alienation in 2020
The 74 million men and women who voted for Donald Trump had thousands of different reasons for their votes and fit a million different demographic profiles. But…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Nikolai Leskov, the forgotten Russian master
In the course of lecturing on Russian literature at Cornell in 1958, Vladimir Nabokov made it clear to his students that he considered Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Magical thinking
The word “magic” has become one of those nebulous terms that can mean almost anything. It can even have contradictory meanings. Magical thinking should be avoided, but…
Energy and Environment
Trump and Congress’s last-gasp push to stop a Russian pipeline
The Trump administration and Congress are racing to stop Russia from finishing the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline to Germany. With bipartisan backing, Congress will…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Trump weighs how best to make his mark with defense bill veto threat
Gen. John Bell Hood made no bones about the cause he was fighting for during the Civil War. “Regardless of all other causes of difference, slavery, for…
Business
A year-end COVID-19 aid deal may happen after all
House and Senate leaders, who had been prepared to end the year without approving a new coronavirus aid bill, are now rushing to try to pass legislation…
Healthcare
Congress’s youngest elected member has a lot to say, and both sides may not always like it
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was a thorn in the side of senior Democratic members when she first came to Capitol Hill, but as of Jan.…
Business
Experts see a shift in cybersecurity under a Biden administration
Many cybersecurity experts hope President-elect Joe Biden’s administration will take a new approach to cybersecurity, focusing on international cooperation and putting pressure on Russia and China for…
Crime
My kingdom for a hearse
Anyone who’s walked through a bookstore or scrolled through the offerings of a steaming service knows that when it comes to crime novels and TV shows, the…