Columnists
Will Putin nuke London?
We are bizarrely one-tracked in our historical memory. Anything we dislike is compared to the Nazis. So, when Vladimir Putin actually invaded a neighbor, he was inevitably…
September 27, 2022
Magazine - Life & Arts
Why FDR won
Historian David Pietrusza is no stranger to telling stories. Author of books chronicling American political and cultural life, he has shown a knack for combining the careful…
Foreign Policy
Winning the peace in Ukraine
Ukraine has a future. And the West has a crucial role to play in what that future looks like. Recently, I joined a group of Western security…
Beltway Confidential
From a booming economy to an economic bust!
It was inevitable but is worth noting that Republican midterm chances seem to be reviving as Election Day, Nov. 8, draws nearer. Parties hope to find an…
Beltway Confidential
Plants and babies
CNN’s pivot to serious, hard-hitting journalism is not going so well. Reporter Dana Bash slipped the familiar confines of the Acela Corridor recently to visit the wilds…
Business
Buttigieg fly away?
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is being touted as presidential material again. And that has raised a series of questions about what he is doing to actually improve…
Magazine - Your Land
Who mourns for the Mormons?
A hateful chant broke out among a crowd at a college sports event. But this incident was unlike the BYU-Duke volleyball incident earlier this month for two…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The algorithmic meet cute?
I keep a notebook handy so that when I hear or read something interesting I can jot it down. And then later, when I’m supposed to be…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The goods and bads of October’s beers
What should we drink this dreadful time of year, when everything goes pumpkin spice? There are pumpkin spice lattes, for which Starbucks is to blame. At Dutch…
Magazine - Your Land
Happy wife, happy life, more children
Why are people having far fewer babies than they used to? Is it because women now have more fulfilling career options outside the home? Have children become…