Beltway Confidential
Trump’s bully pulpit vs. Biden’s soapbox
The impact of the coronavirus on the presidential election, now eight months away, is unknowable. Heck, no one can say that many of us won’t still be…
March 31, 2020
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Crosswords’
In The Liberal Mind, Kenneth Minogue uses the vivid metaphor of the legend of St. George and the dragon to explain how liberals’ self-conception as the bulwark…
Healthcare
Trump’s new 2020 challenger: The coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic has upended the 2020 presidential campaign. Rallies have been canceled, primaries are being delayed, and even where voting is taking place on schedule, canvassing…
Magazine - Your Land
Spreading like a weed
The line wrapped around the block as customers waited to enter In Good Health, one of Brockton, Massachusetts’s dispensaries, and stock up on marijuana products. Massachusetts Gov.…
Magazine - Your Land
Starve a cold? Feed a fever? Drown a coronavirus?
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on March 23 declared that all nonessential businesses in the state must close. No more dog groomers. No more shoe stores. No more…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Tech companies struggle with bandwidth capabilities during coronavirus outbreak
Companies that provide bandwidth to consumers have been lifting data caps, restrictions, and fees for millions of users who are working remotely or are simply locked down…
Business
Atlas is shrugging
“Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution. The only way the government can be of assistance to national prosperity is by keeping its…
Healthcare
Telepsychiatry will be the new norm thanks to the pandemic
Therapy sessions conducted over video chat are bound to become the norm as the coronavirus pandemic rages on, requiring patients of all ages to self-isolate. As the…
Magazine - Your Land
Finding faith in politics
When politicians retire, they typically do so for two reasons: They’re expecting to lose their jobs anyway, or they’re eager to work in that more lucrative form…
Magazine - Life & Arts
A failure of imagination
“I just think this is something,” President Trump said of the coronavirus early in March, “that you can never really think is going to happen.” I wish…