Magazine - Life & Arts
Coronavirus comes for spring training
The first thing Shawn Routten noticed was the jerseys. This time of year, Routten, the general manager of the historic Fenway Hotel in Dunedin, Florida, was used…
March 24, 2020
Magazine - Life & Arts
Back to nature
In 1800, the French painter Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes published a treatise on landscape painting, specifically painting en plein air (in the open air), that was both an…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Coronavirus stimulus package wins quick support. Just don’t call it a bailout
The $1 trillion stimulus package working its way through Congress is many things: checks in the mail to workers, $50 billion for airlines, and loans for small…
Economy
Auto industry says virus is undermining efforts to adjust to new trade rules
One unexpected effect of the coronavirus outbreak is that the domestic auto industry is experiencing difficulty adjusting to the new rules being rolled out under President Trump’s…
Magazine - Features
Losing the big picture in political pettiness
It’s not quite like a scene out of The Walking Dead. But the Washington, D.C., area, like other cities across the world, possesses an eerie quality without…
Beltway Confidential
The coronavirus isn’t everything. It’s the only thing
Sometimes, there’s only one story. That was so 19 years ago after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Flight 93. The “war on…
Magazine - Your Land
Millennials step up to help the old folks
Millennials got the spotlight in a Rose Garden press briefing. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force, had an important message on March 16…
Magazine - Obituary
Barbara Harris, 1930-2020
When Barbara Harris became the first female bishop in the Episcopal Church, consecrated as suffragan (assistant) bishop of Massachusetts in 1989, she was, as a black woman,…
Magazine - Features
Self-quarantining before the coronavirus
A spring walk in nature is one of the few outings still allowed in the places ravaged by the coronavirus. A stroll through the woods or past…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Broadband providers respond to FCC requests during coronavirus pandemic
Many businesses and sectors of the economy will face the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and the closures and social distancing undertaken in the effort to control…