Healthcare
Long-term effects of COVID-19 on the heart unclear
Dr. Charles Mild recalls a very unusual patient that he saw not long before the coronavirus outbreak became a full-blown pandemic. “He was a young guy, and…
February 16, 2021
Energy and Environment
Biden’s next big pipeline decision could deepen clash of greens and unions
President Biden’s pending decision whether to shut down the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline could deepen early tensions between environmentalists and unions that endorsed him. Biden’s day-one…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Intent’
In 2019, Laurie Sheck came under investigation for quoting James Baldwin. She was a New York Times-contributing poet and novelist and Pulitzer Prize finalist, but she has…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Militarization of Crimea heightens threat to NATO’s southeastern flank
As Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin mulls over European force posture changes, the United States and NATO are already bolstering land, sea, and air exercises in addition to…
Magazine - Obituary
George Shultz, 1920-2021
“If I could choose one American to whom I would entrust the nation’s fate in a crisis, it would be George Shultz,” wrote Henry Kissinger of his…
Magazine - Your Land
Amish amid COVID
Trying to navigate the coronavirus pandemic with all of its twists and turns has been challenging, exhausting, and confusing. So, how would this all feel without the…
Magazine - Your Land
Food trucking
Some restaurants aren’t allowed to open. Others can only have one-quarter of the customers. Others serve downtown areas that are empty. The only thing to do sometimes…
Beltway Confidential
A lesson all should learn about teachers unions
My youngest daughter, who is 15, raised her arms triumphantly and expressed her massive sense of relief with the simple words “finally,” “yes,” and “at last.” What…
Education
Why aren’t school districts giving taxpayers their money back?
In Naperville, Illinois, the school board announced it would distribute $10 million back to taxpayers this year. Yes. A tax refund. In a news release, Superintendent Dan…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The longest year
Texan Rufus Choate was 16 in 1938, envious of the local National Guard unit, part of the 36th Infantry Division, that went to training camp for two…