Magazine - Life & Arts
Madagascar’s superstitions in American eyes
“Is there any way,” I asked my guide during a recent trip to Madagascar, “that we could visit a local shaman? Instead of seeing more lemurs?” He…
May 9, 2023
Magazine - Life & Arts
Keri Russell saves The Diplomat from itself
Netflix’s The Diplomat is so blandly titled that I forgot its name five minutes after agreeing to review it. The Development? The Directive? The Delegate? No matter.…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese reviewed
This month, Abraham Verghese — an Indian American physician and writer born in Ethiopia whose 2009 novel, Cutting for Stone, was a bestseller and the toast of…
Infrastructure
Whatever happened to the flying cars? Jetsons days may be closer than imagined
Science fictions from the 19th and 20th centuries tended to become the science facts of today. Automobiles are now ubiquitous. Air travel is common. Computers are everywhere,…
Magazine - Your Land
Sick as a dog: Pets fall ill after eating discarded marijuana
Legalizing recreational marijuana has had many deleterious effects on society, from the awful smell that hangs in the air everywhere to the increase in marijuana-related DUI accidents.…
Magazine - Life & Arts
An Afghanistan War veteran reviews The Covenant
Seemingly everyone in my life sent me a link to the trailer for The Covenant, the new Guy Ritchie-directed story of a U.S. Army special operator who…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Donald Trump steals Iowa spotlight from would-be 2024 rival Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was set to dominate Iowa — and national — political news coverage with his appearances at Republican fundraising events on May 13. But…
Magazine - Life & Arts
A drink in honor of professor Harvey C. Mansfield
One of the great philosophy professors of our age is hanging up his academic gown: Harvey C. Mansfield has delivered his last regularly scheduled course lecture at…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The natalist streak running through Amy Sherman-Palladino’s shows
Something strange is happening in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The current and final season of the Prime Video hit opened with the revelation that Mei, the girlfriend…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Effort to limit children’s social media access draws bipartisan support in the Senate
Congressional efforts to regulate the internet to shield minors from harm online is an old story, going back to the internet’s earliest days of popular use in…