Crime
Hate crimes hogwash
In March, an unnerving statistic began appearing in the headlines of mainstream news reporting: Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign rallies had produced a staggering 226% increase in hate…
September 24, 2019
Magazine - Life & Arts
Oh, deer.
Deer season has finally opened in Virginia’s Loudoun County, but my start went south fast. For two weeks, I’ve been setting up four tree stands in an…
Magazine - Columnists
Slavery's legacy
There’s a problem with the idea that the legacy of slavery in America is the major deterrent today to social and economic progress by black Americans. And…
Magazine - Your Land
Does Montana have a speeding problem?
If your summer travels brought you to Flathead Lake in Montana, you might have seen an odd sight if you ventured onto Finley Point: grandmother Patti Baumgartner,…
Magazine - Your Land
Millennials are reaching their tipping point
How much does an American normally tip? The answer could depend on the customer’s age and gender, according to a new survey. Millennials and men are the…
Foreign Policy
Postcard from Carthage: Out with the old
“Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair.” Ozymandian thoughts crowd in on Mediterranean shores, where sun-bleached ruins memorialize great civilizations and testify silently to their inevitable…
Beltway Confidential
The thinning blue line
Things are not looking great for the nation’s police departments. Recruitment numbers are way, way down, and early exits and retirements are way, way up, according to…
Beltway Confidential
Low-tech fad: Going to the movie theater
You can store all your music on your phone or laptop, and yet vinyl records are hip. As Gillette and Schick are adding blades and fins and…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Friends and Allies
Staff Sgt. Allen Callender served three tours as a combat engineer in Afghanistan. I went with him in 2004. I remember a conversation in the barracks. I…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
‘Reagan showed that you can do it’
The 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, signed by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, was a landmark Cold War agreement that banned nuclear and conventional…