Magazine - Your Land
Waging war against the Great Lakes
Politicians talk about “kitchen table” issues. This one’s a backyard issue. Hundreds of families from Minnesota to New York have watched as monster waves erode their yards,…
February 25, 2020
Magazine - Life & Arts
Fleeced for fashion
Let me be the first to say that I am the last to the fleece vest party. My wife has been nudging me for years to get…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The birth of Europe’s bloodlands
In September 1914, less than a month into the First World War, the military destiny of the Habsburg Empire hung in the balance. Only weeks after Vienna…
Magazine - Features
The privilege pyramid
Privilege is an outgrowth of the social justice movement, that branch of political activism that asserts there’s an inherent unfairness, and prejudice, rooted in American life. This…
Energy and Environment
Trump has few alternatives to Yucca
The Trump administration bailing on Nevada’s Yucca Mountain as the nation’s long-delayed nuclear waste storage site has exposed the reality that the United States does not have…
Foreign Policy
How much does John Bolton know about Ukraine scandal? He’s not saying
For three weeks, John Bolton had kept his counsel. After leaks from his manuscript sent shock waves through President Trump’s impeachment trial and reignited demands that witnesses…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The beauty industry comes for men
“Now, you know how we feel,” a female friend of mine said when I told her the following story. I was on the beach in Miami, relaxing…
Education
Campus conservatives’ open mindedness
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the country’s first public university, has a partisanship problem. That doesn’t make it unique, though. In fact, UNC fits…
Magazine - Features
Hey, big spender
Michael Bloomberg is spending loads of money to win the Democratic nomination. Financial disclosures made by the Bloomberg campaign indicated that as of Dec. 31, he had…
Beltway Confidential
Nothing to wine about
National Drink Wine Day may have come and gone, but for many pinot noir enthusiasts, there’s still a reason to celebrate. The price of wine is dropping,…