Magazine - Life & Arts
Aging with dignity
I went away for a few weeks this summer, and I grew a beard. I didn’t plan to grow it. I just got lazy. The alarming thing…
September 14, 2021
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Democratic senators from gun-friendly states sink Biden’s embattled ATF pick
David Chipman’s nomination to serve as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives had been languishing for months in the Senate, where Democrats knew…
Business
Texas bullet train CEO wants passage of the infrastructure bill
Carlos Aguilar is CEO of Texas Central, a company raising money to build a bullet train. This “innovative new high-speed passenger train line … will connect the…
Beltway Confidential
Don’t blame Never Trumpers for Biden’s failures
To his enthusiastic supporters, President Joe Biden was supposed to be a fresh, needed change after four years of President Donald Trump. The events of Jan. 6…
Columnists
The feminization of America: What will it look like?
Are we witnessing the feminization of America? And if so, is that a good thing or a bad thing? Or is it, like so many quiet but…
Economy
Americans don’t need trillions in spending to get back to work
Something is wrong with the economy. According to the Labor Department, businesses posted a record-high 10.9 million job openings in July. But despite this unprecedented number of…
Beltway Confidential
Springtime for terrorists and the Taliban
The evil genius behind the 2001 murder of 3,000 people, mostly Americans, in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania grinned with vulpine amusement as he arrived in court…
Daily Memo
Byron York’s Daily Memo: GOP questions Hunter Biden’s big-money art show
Welcome to Byron York’s Daily Memo newsletter. Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up here to receive the newsletter. GOP QUESTIONS HUNTER BIDEN’S BIG-MONEY ART SHOW. Influence…
Foreign Policy
Foreign policy is generally not top of mind for voters. What’s happening in Afghanistan is different
The early conventional wisdom around the tragedy we are witnessing in Afghanistan is that, however lamentable, it is unlikely to affect domestic politics long-term. Once the troops…