Magazine - Your Land
Bacon and eggs with a side of mythmaking
In my old job, whenever a new member or intern joined the department, we’d have a big team lunch to welcome them and introduce ourselves. We’d go…
March 19, 2019
Magazine - Life & Arts
Hungry for self-destruction
In 1920, Babe Ruth changed baseball by hitting a then unthinkable 54 home runs. Thanks mainly to the advent of tabloid newspapers, that feat made him a…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Stealing time with my fadeaway girl
There are times I regret being a writer, or at least the sort of writer who doesn’t get James Patterson paydays. Had I had the good sense…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Shades of gray
I used to have a crusty Glaswegian editor. Once, when I was lounging in the newsroom reading, he snapped, “There’s nae stories in books!” He commanded, “Git…
Energy and Environment
Natural Resources Committee derailed by ‘fluff’
The top Republican on the House Natural Resources Committee says he is willing to work with Democrats on climate change legislation, but not before they stop grandstanding…
Education
Less is more
In the best essay ever written, George Orwell observes that the attempt to love humanity as a whole “marks the point at which the humanistic and the…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Pentagon proposes junking the Truman
The Pentagon is proposing to do something that would have been unthinkable not that long ago: take a perfectly good aircraft carrier and junk it, rather than…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Disappointing the budget hawks
Opponents of adding to the national debt say President Trump’s plan to balance the federal budget in 15 years is unserious and that he remains on track…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
House Democrats to vote on Equality Act
Democrats believe the 1964 Civil Rights Act needs to be amended. The landmark act, that bans discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, should…
Beltway Confidential
How corporate philanthropy built the best place you’ve never heard of
Instead of pushing for more government subsidies to bolster underperforming cities, what if we started encouraging more corporate philanthropy? Northwest Arkansas might have the answer. The land…