Magazine - Life & Arts
A Rusty Nail by any other name
Fall is here, and as the leaves turn, I turn to whiskey drinks that, though perfectly appropriate any time of the year, appeal to me particularly when…
November 1, 2022
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Cadillac of symbols of American decline
There were giants walking the Earth in those days, at least in the marketing department; whoever coined the name “Twilight Sentinel” for Cadillac’s newest technological feature back…
Magazine - Life & Arts
You must cultivate your own Olive Garden
For someone like me, who has a complicated and fraught relationship with carbohydrates, the phrase “unlimited breadsticks” should always come with a trigger warning. That’s the main…
Magazine - Obituary
Ashton Carter, 1954-2022
Secretaries of defense tend to waver between veteran political types (Melvin Laird, Leon Panetta, Donald Rumsfeld) and well-credentialed products of the military-industrial complex (Robert McNamara, Harold Brown,…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Healing in the sky
Retired Lt. Col. Laurie Knepper is the very best kind of person, a Washington Examiner subscriber. She and I talked for a long time. There’s a certain…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Midterm elections may shake loose FCC from its 2-2 tie
Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, for nearly two years, has made the best of leading a tied 2-2 panel. Down a member and denied a majority…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Changing minds with street epistemology
“This Article Won’t Change Your Mind,” lamented a March 2017 headline in the Atlantic, atop an article in which Senior Editor Julie Beck explained how in “charged…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
With majority in reach, House GOP pledges a more ‘open’ Congress
As top House Republicans anticipate winning the House majority on Nov. 8, they’re vowing to unwind changes in the halls of Congress put in place by Democrats…
Business
Who really shut down our businesses and schools?
A big issue that has emerged in the final days of the midterm election campaigns is the lockdowns of our schools and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Education
What the decline in academic achievement is all about
Your fourth grader might not know how to read, but at least he knows what the “gender unicorn” is. Student test scores tracked by the National Assessment…