Magazine - Life & Arts
Down the rabbit hole with Adam Curtis
Not long ago, I stumbled upon the fact that Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix, is the great-nephew of Edward Bernays, the inventor of modern public relations, which…
March 9, 2021
Magazine - Washington Briefing
No end in sight for Capitol fortress
Since the first week in January, the Capitol has been protected by an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire, erected after hundreds of former President Donald Trump’s…
Business
SolarWinds hack has lawmakers pushing for national breach notification law
Lawmakers will push to pass a mandatory data breach notification law following the high-profile attack last year on SolarWinds, the network management and IT security company. The…
Energy and Environment
Kentucky Republican plots challenge to Biden attempts to target fossil fuel finance
Rep. Andy Barr, a Kentucky Republican, is determined to stop efforts by the Biden administration and big banks and asset managers to incorporate climate change risk into…
Business
Biden’s climate czars
Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama began their terms in office by repealing the Mexico City Policy, in each case instituted by a Republican predecessor to ban…
Foreign Policy
Afghanistan and the sunk cost fallacy
In Afghanistan, the United States won a short war but lost an impossible peace. And a better peace is the only reason for going to war in…
Magazine - Life & Arts
College baseball is the most underrated sport in America
Have you ever wanted to smoke a whole pig inside a stadium while heckling a rival player so close to you that he can hear every word…
Business
Big Tech has setbacks trying to assist with vaccination registration sites
As vaccine supplies remain an immediate concern, the primary problem people have has been the struggle with getting access to appointments. In many states and counties, the…
Education
Truancy epidemic
Millions of students have gone missing in the past year. It’s not kidnapping or alien abductions. It’s just truancy. They’re not logging into the daily Zoom classes.…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The God pill
The “manosphere,” a loose agglomeration of internet personalities who opine on a range of issues related to women, dating, sex, and relationships, resembles the early Wild Wild…