Editorials
Congress shirks its duty at the southern border
The Trump administration is doing just about everything it can to slow the flood of undocumented Mexicans and Central Americans coming to the U.S. and claiming asylum.…
June 18, 2019
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Trump ally Farage reemerges as key figure
Nigel Farage, the original British bad boy of Brexit, is buzzing. His new political party came in atop Britain’s European elections last month, and a week before…
Beltway Confidential
Do-it-ourselves
Millennial fathers are supposedly clumsy with tools, but that may be a sign that they’re pretty good parents. According to a new survey by OnePoll, millennial dads…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Crackdown trips up human rights groups
Social media platforms, under pressure to block extremists, are sometimes also cracking down on human rights advocates and other legitimate content, according to a new report. “Caught…
Beltway Confidential
The back door to your phone
If you’re blessed with fortitude and don’t mind learning something displeasing about yourself, look at the app on your phone that monitors how long you spend each…
Magazine - Obituary
Obituary: Lee Hee-ho
Lee Hee-ho, who died last week at 96, spent a life breaking barriers. Being born and raised a Methodist never got in the way of her love…
Magazine - Columnists
What happens when Joe stops being Joe?
FACTORYVILLE, Pa. — Joe Biden has always gotten away with being Joe Biden. This was true when he was President Barack Obama’s vice president, and it was…
Magazine - Features
This branch of government is dead
Sometimes, the shortest of lives inspire millions. And so it is with the oak tree that French President Emmanuel Macron ceremonially planted with President Trump on the…
Magazine - Features
Revenge of the nerds
Midway through Edward Albee’s 1962 play, “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” the aggrieved housewife Martha delivers one of several withering denunciations of her husband George, a college…