Magazine - Life & Arts
From Berlin to Beijing
For most people living in Western democracies, the Second World War has always been “Hitler’s war,” a conflict between good and evil that ended with the destruction…
June 29, 2021
Business
The return of the corporate welfare state
No one is paying much attention, but Washington is building up a vast, multitrillion-dollar welfare class: corporate America. Deep inside President Joe Biden’s budget plans are hundreds…
Magazine - Your Land
What Women Want
It was only a matter of time, but at last, Victoria’s Secret, one of corporate America’s final mainstream bastions of diamond-encrusted and fuchsia-infused sexuality, has gone woke.…
Beltway Confidential
The 2024 Republican sorting is picking up speed
There’s a spring in Republican steps, a revived interest among conservatives in politics. For they can see a path to victory in 2022 and 2024. This is…
Business
Texas Ranger
“Texans on the border are suffering through a humanitarian crisis,” Gov. Greg Abbott declared at a June 16 press conference announcing that Texas would build its own…
Magazine - Your Land
Closed on Sunday
If you’re a Chick-fil-A connoisseur, you probably know the single biggest complaint patrons have about the inventor of the chicken sandwich: They’re not open on Sundays. You…
Magazine - Life & Arts
China’s predictable chaos
After more than a year of a deadly pandemic, lockdowns, soaring violent crime, and a crisis of confidence in our institutions, it may seem odd to recommend…
Crime
How Portland became Portlandia
Rioters ripped through Minneapolis in the hours following the death of George Floyd last year. The daylight on May 28 shone on burned-out buildings and smoldering cars.…
Business
Despite low COVID-19 case counts and increasing vaccinations, the US-Canada border remains closed
Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester wrote an open letter to President Joe Biden protesting the long COVID-19-closed Canadian border in late May. “As a farmer in north-central…
Economy
Babies and banks
Wall Street is starting to worry about the birth dearth. “It’s a slow death,” warned Joe Quinlan from his perch at Bank of America and Merrill Lynch’s…