Columnists
Trump’s hostage deal, both good and bad
Whether or not Donald Trump gets to welcome home hostages released under the Gaza ceasefire deal, there are clear parallels with the 1981 end of the Iran…
January 22, 2025
Trump's second chance: He's supposed to be here
Columnists
We ‘Never Trumpers’ have given up
Where have all the ‘Never Trumpers’ gone? I don’t mean the Republicans who went over to the other side and voted for Kamala Harris. They have joined…
Magazine
House Republicans’ slim majority means both parties need everybody to show up for votes
Let’s stipulate that all decent people, whatever their political views, wish good health and longevity to Reps. Dwight Evans (D-PA), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and David Scott (D-GA).…
Magazine
Fresh House and Senate chairmen mean new (and old) tech agendas
As new leaders take their places in the 119th Congress, they face urgent telecommunications matters and many of the same tech issues left unresolved in the last…
Magazine - Your Land
Will the last dairyman in California please turn out the lights
Families have been ranching on the lush green pastures of Point Reyes, a peninsula that juts into the Pacific Ocean about 30 miles north of San Francisco,…
Entertainment
Hollywood should remember what villains really look like
In Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise’s character must train a team of hotshot pilots to take out a facility in an unnamed country with snow-covered mountains. Were…
Magazine
Trump’s second chance: He’s supposed to be here
When President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for the White House for the third time, he told the crowd in Milwaukee, “I’m not supposed to be…
Beltway Confidential
Marcus Freeman becomes first Asian American to coach a college football championship game
Marcus Freeman coaches the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team. Last Thursday, he guided his team to a thrilling victory in the college football Orange Bowl over…
Entertainment
Edna Ferber’s frontier life
Released Nov. 24, 1956, the movie Giant was a blockbuster hit. It earned $35 million in ticket sales during its original studio release as well as $12…
Magazine
The future of golf is fun
The most classic golf movies — think Caddyshack, Happy Gilmore, or Tin Cup — all play off the same tension, which is that golf culture, quite apart…