Magazine - Your Land
In Los Angeles, property rights don’t exist
In its bid to become the most poorly run city on the West Coast, Los Angeles extended its eviction moratorium once again — this time because of…
January 3, 2023
Magazine - Your Land
Let’s go bowling!
Is there anything more uniquely American than college football’s bowl season? In what other country do you have allegedly amateur athletes representing higher education institutions that they…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Where the Wilde think pieces are
All Souls, the Oxford graduate college, used to be celebrated for its fellowship exam general paper. For three hours, luckless candidates would be expected to dilate on…
Business
TikTok’s long December
Pressure is mounting on popular video-sharing app TikTok in the United States over its ties to China, which some experts and lawmakers say pose a risk to…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The fulcrum of Anton Chekhov’s life
In the summer of 1884, shortly after qualifying as a doctor in Moscow, Anton Chekhov began working at a district hospital. “I am in fine fettle, for…
Business
Tech’s highly paid versions of Homer Simpson won’t be missed
Elon Musk is conducting a public, real-time experiment as head of Twitter. Attracting the most fury and attention are his attempts to make the social media platform,…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
A trio of 2023 governor’s races
Voters ready for a respite after the rough-and-tumble 2022 midterm elections aren’t going to have much of a break — at least, if they live in Kentucky,…
Beltway Confidential
Joe Biden’s ‘middle out’ means out in the cold
President Joe Biden has a problem with the rhetoric he uses about how he’ll grow the economy. After November’s consumer inflation number came in at 7.1%, he…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Jacob DeGrom in full bloom
As the spring and early summer of 2021 rolled in, when the cherry blossoms stepped aside and the crepe myrtles bloomed, my children and I, over the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The life of the party
Each year around this time, I throw a big, noisy party in my apartment in New York. And each year, as I plan the guest list and…