Magazine - Obituary
Walter Mears, 1935-2022
In The Boys on the Bus (1973), his behind-the-scenes account of correspondents covering the previous year’s presidential campaign, Timothy Crouse described a scene in the press room…
March 15, 2022
Foreign Policy
Putin’s dangerous nuclear doctrine: A license to kill
Maine Sen. Angus King is one of many Kremlin-watchers unnerved by the Russian president’s increasingly mercurial behavior and nuclear saber-rattling. “Vladimir Putin today is the most dangerous…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Siege fare
There’s a certain smug ruthlessness to a siege. The bullies and murderers who have the upper hand lounge in the countryside, doing nothing more martial than maintaining…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Washington Football Baptists and Bootleggers
“We’ll never change the name,” billionaire Redskins team owner Dan Snyder said in 2013. “It’s that simple. NEVER — you can use caps.” Snyder reneged on that…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Steve Scalise ramps up fundraising ahead of midterm elections
House Minority Whip Steve Scalise is ramping up his fundraising efforts as Republicans fight to win back the majority this fall, logging more than 8,000 miles crisscrossing…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The great American painter
Sweeping off the Atlantic in August 1873, a killer storm decimated the town of Gloucester, Massachusetts. One hundred and thirty-four men perished, nine fishing vessels were lost,…
Magazine - Features
A century of toying with Ukrainians
Joe Biden stands in a long line of presidents who have unexpectedly found Ukraine on their agendas. But he won’t find much help in the past. For…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Primary season is on hold until May, when the calendar is full
The primary season got off to an early start, with Texas going in early March. However, there’s an extended break through the remainder of this month and…
Education
Leftist sex-ed summer camps are grooming children
Coming to an urban area near you: sexual education camps, in which your third through fifth graders can learn all about condoms, the gender spectrum, and “holistic…
Beltway Confidential
Xi is central to the new Axis
With Europe in flames and the phrase “World War III” spoken without inviting ridicule in the context of Ukraine, it may seem odd to suggest that the…