Magazine Issue

July 19, 2022

More dogs, less crime
Beltway Confidential

More dogs, less crime

McGruff isn’t the only dog taking a bite out of crime. Turns out the more dogs a neighborhood has, the lower the rates of homicide, robbery, and…

Conn Carroll
The Seussification of politics
Magazine - Features

The Seussification of politics

Running for president in 1964, Barry Goldwater unveiled a slogan designed to neutralize media accusations of “extremism.” The campaign’s handiwork, “In your heart, you know he’s right,”…

Graham Hillard
Adam Wade, 1935-2022
Magazine - Obituary

Adam Wade, 1935-2022

F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said American life is lacking in second acts, but Adam Wade may have single-handedly disproven the great wordsmith. Wade, who died on July…

Peter Tonguette
How Venezuela was destroyed from within
Economy

How Venezuela was destroyed from within

Among the surest signs of a society in deep crisis are persistent blackouts, the inability of a government to supply its citizens with power adequately and consistently.…

Michael M. Rosen
Up from Clintonism
Magazine - Features

Up from Clintonism

The slow drip of revelations about the Russiagate scandal has diminished the significance of the most important truth about it: that it was a Hillary Clinton campaign…

Helen Andrews