Magazine - Columnists
Election 2020 heralds a depressing new normalcy
Sheesh, cousins, don’t keep doing this to me. This time four years ago, I was in despair. The world’s greatest republic, the nation that attracted millions of…
October 20, 2020
Beltway Confidential
These days, finding a sense of community is a lot like prospecting for gold
WAMPUM, Pennsylvania — Keith Roupp has a story to tell, the kind that beckons you to pull up a chair and set a spell while he tells…
Editorials
Amy Coney Barrett hit a home run
In three days before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett did more than just prove that she belongs on the Supreme Court. She delivered one…
Magazine - Obituary
Margaret Nolan, 1943-2020
The silhouetted figures, geometric patterns, and ominous animations that make up the average James Bond movie opening credits sequence long ago require a certain chilly, high-tech flavor.…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Time’s arrow
David Foster Wallace once turned up at a girlfriend’s apartment in the late 1990s and began to inspect her bookshelves. “You sure have a lot more Martin…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The Navy baby
At the end of the Korean War, a Navy medic found a hungry, abandoned, Korean American baby in the demilitarized zone. He took him to the Star…
Business
Pandemic reduces demand for homes with open floor plans
The pandemic may have killed open floor plans in homes as buyers opt for walls over easily conversing as one person sits in the living room while…
Business
Biden’s seven economic deadly sins
Joe Biden keeps claiming to be a centrist Democrat. Polls show that while most realize that President Trump would be better for our economy than Biden, they…
Magazine - Columnists
Trump’s only way forward
President Trump’s campaign has reached a critical moment. Focusing on himself alone as the most important factor in his bid for reelection no longer works. It’s unlikely…
Magazine - Your Land
We’re all used car salesmen now
The economic slump accompanying the coronavirus shutdown has hurt just about every industry one way or another. But one industry that has somewhat benefited from the pandemic…