Immigration
Kamala’s sinking ship
Vice President Kamala Harris has been sinking in the polls since her disastrous trip to Latin American countries this summer. Her latest communications gambit will only send…
October 19, 2021
Magazine - Features
Mike Pence’s moment of truth
As Donald Trump tweeted through November and into December that the “rigged” 2020 election was “far from over,” Vice President Mike Pence’s top advisers were sketching out…
Business
Staffing shortages expected to affect holiday travel
Travelers are expected to bear some of the burdens of nationwide labor shortages when they travel this holiday season. Labor shortages are being felt across industries, resulting…
Infrastructure
Democrats agonize over how to cut big spending plan
Ditch expanded Medicare benefits or paid medical leave? Preserve child tax credits or universal preschool? Democrats are mulling unpopular options as they struggle to trim their massive…
Magazine - Life & Arts
In all the wrong places
The U.S. military, and the U.S. Navy in particular, has long offered enlistees the chance to go see the world. I remember recruiting forms with the option…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Ampliganda’
The Washington Post recently posted a job notice looking for a reporter on “digital threats.” I was reminded of something Josh Barro of Business Insider, reliably the…
Economy
The two sides of Biden: Blame-shifter and credit-taker
President Joe Biden came to office hoping to take his place in the pantheon of Democratic presidents revered by his party’s base: Franklin Roosevelt, Lyndon Johnson, and…
Magazine - Life & Arts
In Crossroads, Jonathan Franzen delivers
More than once, as I mentioned to literary-minded friends that I’d received an early copy of Jonathan Franzen’s new novel, Crossroads, I was asked: “Well, how is…
Magazine - Your Land
They’re coming for your lawnmower
You squeeze the bail. You plant your feet and twist your torso. Then, you reach down and grab the handle. Torquing with your core and yanking with…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Media malpractice: Couric is terrible, New York Times goes after Sinema, and Univision ‘fake news’
Katie Couric is still terrible Former Today host Katie Couric claimed in a new memoir that she selectively edited a 2016 interview with Ruth Bader Ginsburg to…