Magazine - Life & Arts
Unmissed reconnections
I have an expensive pen I got as a gift, and five years ago, I needed to get the twisty thing inside it repaired. I took it…
January 10, 2023
Energy
Family affair: West Virginia governor’s race pits familiar names against each other
MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA — West Virginia voters in 2024 will see some familiar names on ballots. Several of them, in fact. The state’s governorship is now open…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Directly under the sun
The new year finds millions of Americans making resolutions. Many want to lose weight. Others hope to read a certain number of books. I may try to…
Magazine - Features
Late Night has lost its joy
In many ways, the world as it was in 2007 is quite remote from the present moment. Back then, George W. Bush was the Republican standard-bearer derided…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The crime of Treason
In a particularly irritating scene in the new limited series Treason, the protagonist, Adam Lawrence, is sitting at home when a foreign agent telephones to demand a…
Beltway Confidential
Frozen in time
Just over 10 years ago, egg-freezing went mainstream. Once the prerogative of only the seriously ill who might not otherwise be able to bear children someday, it…
Magazine - Your Land
Others must sacrifice so I can fly
No one likes it when a flight is canceled, especially around Christmastime and especially when you are flying to see your family. But one ruined holiday doesn’t…
Magazine - Life & Arts
James Cameron hates himself
From the novels of J.R.R. Tolkien to the outer-space epics of George Lucas, all myth-making ventures involve a degree of hubris on the part of their creator.…
Magazine - Obituary
Pope Benedict XVI, 1927-2022
Journalism, which often describes itself as “the first rough draft of history,” had a rough time with Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who died on New Year’s Eve…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Spending law pumps up budget for federal cybersecurity agency
The new $1.7 trillion omnibus spending law includes a 12% budget increase for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in an effort to secure the nation’s IT…