Magazine Issue

February 5, 2019

The state of the union is fractured
Editorials

The state of the union is fractured

If President Trump tells the truth before a joint session of Congress, he will not say that what his predecessors have always said, that “the state of…

Washington Examiner
Uncle Sam steps in
Foreign Policy

Uncle Sam steps in

Dozens of diplomats filed into the Liberator Simon Bolivar Room at the Organization of the American States on Jan. 24 to intensify a political earthquake that could…

Joel Gehrke
Shopping with a friend
Magazine - Life & Arts

Shopping with a friend

In the early days of QVC, the wildly successful home-shopping TV channel, there were Jane, Mary Beth, and Pat. In time, they were joined by others, including…

Peter Tonguette
Beijing plays the long game
Foreign Policy

Beijing plays the long game

Europe’s airports used to be blessedly free of passengers in the winter months, leaving check-ins easy, concourses unencumbered, and lounges empty. That’s all changed. It doesn’t matter…

Jamie Dettmer
Killer Mike’s America
Magazine - Your Land

Killer Mike’s America

I’ve been trying to figure out why “Trigger Warning with Killer Mike,” the Netflix reality show starring the eponymous rapper, feels more “real” than most reality shows.…

Seth Mandel