Magazine - Your Land
Dog menus are the new children’s menus
In a country where there are now more dogs (76 million) than children (73 million), it shouldn’t be that surprising that restaurants are catering to canine cravings.…
May 2, 2023
Magazine - Life & Arts
The emerging tennis-pickleball culture war
One of my favorite things about sports is that they provide a mostly harmless setting for me to vent my more bloodcurdlingly reactionary impulses, which, if I…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Dirty Harry does political theory
Big cities have become cauldrons of violent crime. Police officers want to help but are hampered by ineffectual policymaking and weak elected superiors. Civilization is on the…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Some Hill Democrats fret over Biden unwillingness to negotiate on debt ceiling
Congressional Republicans aren’t the only ones on Capitol Hill who disagree over President Joe Biden’s “no negotiations” strategy to raising the nation’s borrowing capacity. Some congressional Democrats…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
The Democrats’ Biden waiting game is finally over
President Joe Biden finally announced he is running for a second term, calming Democrats who feared the hour was getting late to replace him if he decided…
Economy
West Virginia is the newest DC suburb
Driving west from Virginia on the Charles Town Pike and crossing into Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, the elevation provides an expansive view of Charles Town. Then travelers…
Beltway Confidential
Where is the Netflix original? Footage at risk as company spins down DVD service
When Netflix began in 1997, it wasn’t the streaming behemoth it is now. No one had created Stranger Things or Wednesday or Bridgerton. Netflix was the couch…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Ro-mentum for a future White House bid?
Even with a rejiggered primary calendar that weakens New Hampshire‘s clout in the Democratic nominating process, it’s notable when a high-profile officeholder not running for president visits…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The generations have swapped sides on fussiness
“I just want you to know,” I announced to my father over the dinner table 40 years ago, “that I am a very committed socialist.” He was…
Crime
Driver’s dilemma: Electric or bulletproof?
There is far less concern among drivers in making sure their cars are “environmentally friendly” than there is about making sure their cars are bulletproof. Armormax Founder…