Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Problematic’
If you are older than I am, you will think it is trivial when I say there was a time when we didn’t constantly call things “problematic.”…
March 17, 2020
Magazine
Ahem! No, I just cleared my throat, I promise
Listen, as you walk along the street, to snatches of conversation from people who pass you by. In the past week, have you heard a single exchange…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The war on disease
America now faces the dreaded coronavirus. Public events are being canceled, store shelves are being emptied, and most importantly, people’s health is in danger. I have never…
Business
Coronavirus injects fear into stock markets
Two forces have always guided the stock markets: fear and greed. In the age of the coronavirus, fear dominates. Markets are no longer sure what the future…
Magazine - Obituary
Obituary: Max von Sydow, 1929-2020
On March 8, Max von Sydow (1929-2020) lost his chess match with death. The Swedish actor, who made his name starring in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Congress grapples with coronavirus
Following a Wednesday announcement, the Capitol was shuttered to all but lawmakers, staff, and the media to stop the coronavirus from invading Congress. Under the dome, the…
Magazine - Your Land
Partisan knitting wars
Of all the places to be overrun by politics, a community of knitters might be the one you’d least expect. Nevertheless, a popular knitting website shooed away…
Magazine - Your Land
Homebrew sanitizer
At the “Pandemic Preps” section of the popular internet message board Reddit, one user on March 1 posted two recipes for “Do It Yourself Hand Sanitizer,” involving…
Healthcare
A shroom solution?
Psilocybin is a hallucinogenic substance that has no recognized medical purpose, according to the 1970 Controlled Substances Act. It’s illegal in most places, but some states have…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Child exploitation bill earns strong opposition from encryption advocates
A bipartisan group of 10 senators introduced legislation designed to combat online child pornography, but many privacy and cybersecurity advocates are vehemently opposed to the bill. Many…