Magazine - Life & Arts
Airplanes: How do they work?
I tend to get chatty when I’m nervous, so a few years ago, as I was lying on my side in an operating room watching the surgical…
February 18, 2020
Magazine - Life & Arts
An Oscar is born
This year’s Oscar-winning song, Rocketman’s “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” may not be the best music Elton John and Bernie Taupin ever made, but it’s a solid…
Energy
‘Innovate or die’: Propane industry fights for survival in a low-carbon future
The propane industry is engaging much more directly in the conversation about how to address climate change, in part to ensure it doesn’t become obsolete in a…
Beltway Confidential
Bernie Sanders and the cat in the Democratic hat
A lot of Democrats need to think quickly about how to react now that Bernie Sanders leads the race to their presidential convention. Primary voters are much…
Magazine - Features
The miracle, the microphone, and the American comeback
Morning in America first began to thaw the national psyche exactly 40 years ago on back-to-back late February nights. One cold Northeastern town hosted a miracle; another…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Low-pressure system
Jenny Offill’s debut, Last Things, appeared two decades ago, but her breakout book was 2014’s Dept. of Speculation. It comprises dozens of short blocks of text, the…
Business
Moove over, dairy
Joaquin Phoenix turned a few heads when he railed against milk at the Oscars this week, but he’s not the only one fed up with dairy. “We…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Validated’
“Could a Smart Device Catch Implicit Bias In the Workplace?” asks the title of a Northeastern University press release that includes this tidbit: “Employees who perceive bias…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Architecture for the unawed
President Trump is set to direct all new federal buildings in Washington, D.C., to be constructed in the classical style. The architectural community has been buzzing with…
Magazine - Features
Camelot created the modern presidency
The famous thousand days of President John F. Kennedy’s “Camelot” brought many new developments to American politics and society. The potential for a glamorous and wealthy post-White…