Infrastructure
Friends, Romans, get out of the fountain
I arrive back in Rome only to find that the exasperated city authorities have introduced a range of rigid new rules designed to stamp out the boorish…
June 25, 2019
Magazine - Life & Arts
Independence Day
On July Fourth in 2014, Capt. Jim Miller was deployed to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, sheltered from the terrible heat in his air-conditioned room. He…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Swing-district Dems reluctant to back $15 minimum wage
House Democrats, who campaigned on increasing paychecks, have struggled to round up enough votes to pass a bill that would raise the minimum wage to $15 an…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Missing the point on low-yield nukes
There was a spirited debate this month in the House Armed Services Committee over the wisdom of arming America’s ballistic missile submarine force with a lower-yield version…
Magazine - Life & Arts
All about that bass?
By the time June rolls around, a lot of us Southern spring trout anglers put away the light tackle and get ready for bass, the warm weather…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Drinks that roll off the tongue
The other evening, I ate at D.C.’s popular, high-concept Afghan restaurant, Bistro Aracosia. The high-concept quality involves not only the delicious food but the drinks. In particular,…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Decline and fall
From Barry Strauss, the acclaimed ancient military historian and author of The Death of Caesar, comes Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine. As the title…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Cyberattack hits app used by Hong Kong protesters
A secure messaging app used by protesters to organize in Hong Kong was hit with a massive cyberattack, identifiable from offending IP addresses as coming from mainland…
Magazine - Columnists
Richard Trumka and Big Labor try to come home
PITTSBURGH — Richard Trumka needed to come home. Walking into the union hall at the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers building along the Monongahela River, the AFL-CIO president shed…
Magazine - Your Land
Gimme shelter from retirement worries
This summer, in addition to singing “Everybody Needs Somebody to Love,” the Rolling Stones will be reminding fans that everybody needs somebody to help with retirement. The…