Beltway Confidential
Measuring-up the Democrats for defeat
As ever, no one says it better than Shakespeare; “Man, proud man / Dress’d in a little brief authority / Most ignorant of what he’s most assured…
October 26, 2021
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Histor’
Netflix recently aired an artfully offensive comedy special by beloved-worldwide comedian Dave Chappelle. In response, employees demanding it be removed from the streaming service organized a walkout…
Business
Will all of America go on strike?
If you think the supply chain problems, empty shelves in stores, and higher inflation are problems now, wait a few weeks. They are likely to get worse.…
Economy
The abandonment of the working class
In an editorial published one month after Donald Trump’s surprise election win in 2016, the New York Times lamented the “breakdown of a shared public reality built…
Crime
Congress votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt
The House voted to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a panel created to investigate the Jan. 6 attack…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Bond’s Flawed Finale
“For the money,” Daniel Craig told Time Out London when asked in 2015 why he might consider making yet another Bond film. Funny, that’s exactly why I…
Education
No (cisgender) men allowed
You have a choice: You can suffer through an Ohio winter without a radiator in your dorm room, or you can briefly allow a maintenance man in…
Business
The supply chain crisis is exacerbated by Biden’s union allies
The nation is grappling with yet another holiday supply chain roadblock, one that’s been at least partially exacerbated by the Biden White House’s deference to union labor…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Humanistic horror for Halloween
At the midpoint of Nothing But Blackened Teeth, one of the members of the friend group that’s running around a haunted Japanese mansion turns to the narrator…
Business
Rail freight is at the center of the supply chain crisis
In one memorable House of Commons question time exchange in 1984, a Labour member of Parliament asked of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, “Is the prime minister aware…