Magazine - Washington Briefing
Trump’s two-front 2020 Twitter war
“Our new ad,” reads the email with “Donald J. Trump” in the “from” field. “Watch it before it’s banned.” The Trump campaign, the fundraising missive goes on…
June 16, 2020
Healthcare
Patients deal with lingering health issues upon discharge for COVID-19
Coronavirus recovery doesn’t stop when the patient leaves the intensive care unit. Doctors in post-ICU clinics are trying to treat the lasting health effects they recognize from…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
The Pentagon defused Trump’s threat to invoke the Insurrection Act
The morning of June 1 was a tense one at the White House. President Trump, who had been watching three days of increasingly violent demonstrations, was angry…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Olivia Gatwood hates men
I hate men.I can’t abide ’em even now and then. — Cole Porter, “I Hate Men” bitch face is homebitch face is cutting off the ladderwilling to…
Magazine - Features
Same side of the aisle
“Republican congressman officiating,” I texted my friend Ben almost a year ago. The Republican congressman is Denver Riggleman of the sprawling Virginia 5th, which encompasses an area…
Magazine - Life & Arts
To blow up or not to blow up?
By spring 2005, my fellow soldiers and I, who had been in Afghanistan for almost a year, had grown accustomed to our deployment. We’d had many missions…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Congress grapples with curbing deadly police tactics
Republicans and Democrats are working to bridge their differences regarding legislation that aims to reduce law enforcement misconduct and racial bias following the deaths of several black…
Magazine - Life & Arts
A Founding Fathers-era drink for the Fourth of July
A friend asked me last week to recommend something historically correct to drink this Independence Day. Colonial America consumed vast quantities of rum grogs, whiskey flips, shrubs,…
Magazine - Your Land
Back to school
For some school districts, the future of the upcoming school year is still up in the air. But most are planning to welcome students back to the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Life lessons from After Life
After Life, which launched its second season on Netflix earlier this year, proves its director and star, Ricky Gervais, to be very self-aware. For those unfamiliar, the…