Magazine - Life & Arts
Czech your privilege
Thanks to a confused account of the Roma people’s origins, “bohemian” has come to mean unconventional and artistic. It should mean someone with a knack for business.…
November 9, 2021
Healthcare
The American Medical Association goes woke
Suppose you were hoping that your doctor’s office would remain one of the few remaining places free of the politically correct police. In that case, we have…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The goodness of King George
There’s a throwaway line in Jean Anouilh’s A Waltz of the Toreadors that comes after the play’s central character, a jaded belle epoque general, complains about what…
Magazine - Your Land
Who is Brandon?
No one, least of all NASCAR driver Brandon Brown, could have foreseen that his name would become a viral meme that has nothing to do with him…
Magazine - Obituary
Linwood Holton, 1923-2021
When Abner Linwood Holton Jr. was elected governor of Virginia in 1969, it was a big deal. He was the first Republican governor of the commonwealth elected…
Energy and Environment
Supreme Court takes on EPA emissions regulation case, offering fossil fuels hope for relief
The Supreme Court will hear arguments for a suit seeking to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate power plants’ greenhouse gas emissions. The decision could…
Magazine - Your Land
The fake fight against fake news
It is the hottest cause celebre for the global jet set. Craigslist founder Craig Newmark has donated millions. Same with former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Not only…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Dune is a triumph
I saw Dune twice: once in crystalline 3D on a multistory canvas that accentuated every frame of director Denis Villeneuve’s vision and once on HBO Max’s glitchy…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Don’t put your hand in the machine
My father was in the electronics business, and he once told me about a machine that was, essentially, a giant Cuisinart with an open top. I have…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Deplatform’
Merriam-Webster, whose lexicographers scan in real time for new bits of language emerging, is out with one of its periodic lists of additional words. Not surprisingly, the…