July 16, 2019
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Putting a price on user data would upend Big Tech
Legislation recently introduced by two senators could upend online data practices by requiring large websites to tell consumers the value of their personal data. The Designing Accounting…
Magazine - Life & Arts
A picnic aboard a Russian minesweeper
All that was missing was actor Alec Guinness’ voice. Otherwise, I felt like I’d stepped into master director David Lean’s movie Doctor Zhivago, one with no voice-over…
Magazine - Personal Finance
Then and Now: Space tech
In perhaps the boldest presidential decree of the 20th century, John F. Kennedy said before a joint session of Congress on May 25, 1961, “I believe that…
Magazine - Columnists
What Trump loses when he takes the bait
There’s a simple rule for controlling an unfavorable news cycle that President Trump is yet to learn: Don’t fan the flames. When unfriendly cables by U.K. Ambassador…
Editorials
Collective guilt for slavery doesn’t heal, it divides
NBC published a long report on Monday that revealed that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has an ancestral connection to slavery. Two of his great-great-grandfathers owned slaves,…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Gerrymander’
If you set off on your horse from Salem, Massachusetts, up to Salisbury, a direct route would take you through Rowley and Newbury and over the Merrimack…
Healthcare
Behind the string of rural hospital closures
Since 2010, 107 rural hospitals have shut their doors, and many are eager to point the finger at a flawed drug savings program. But healthcare advocacy and…
Economy
Reversal brings Fed into line with Trump
The Federal Reserve is set to begin cutting interest rates next month for an unusual reason: Not out of fear that the economy is tipping into recession,…
Immigration
Democratic presidential candidates are turning into gloom merchants
The United States is the wealthiest and most powerful country in the world. Every week, hundreds of people risk life and limb to try to enter it.…