Magazine - Columnists
Why Supreme Court fights are so fraught
Two weeks into his presidency, on Jan. 31, 2017, President Trump nominated Judge Neil Gorsuch, one of the 21 judges on his list, to fill Justice Antonin…
September 29, 2020
Magazine - Columnists
A brief era of rationality is ending
What is the central idea of the Enlightenment? Human dignity? Secularism? Pluralism? Freedom? All these things matter. But something came before them and made them feasible, something…
Columnists
Rural Pennsylvania turns more red, but is it enough for Trump?
BETHEL PARK, Pennsylvania — Just a few short months ago, if you drove down Baptist Road in this middle-class southern suburb of Pittsburgh, it would have been…
Magazine - Your Land
Where are the good online happy hours?
At the end of a long day at the virtual office, are you itching to step out (virtually speaking) to grab a beer at a virtual happy…
Magazine - Features
Radio Free Megyn
Not so long ago, Megyn Kelly was one of the highest-paid broadcast journalists in the industry. In the autumn of 2018, the Fox News anchor transitioned from…
Magazine - Your Land
The generosity of community
“We’re all in this together” has been a trite, and often false, statement of solidarity during the lockdowns. But in Tulare, California, that togetherness was real —…
Business
One-quarter of all gyms could be lost to pandemic this year without congressional action
The coronavirus pandemic could permanently close 25% of all health clubs by the end of the year if Washington fails to enact another relief package, according to…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Put a cork in it
I don’t have much of a wine cellar. The workaday wines stay ready at hand in the kitchen. The wines worth saving I keep in a cool…
Beltway Confidential
Trump’s parting, or non-departing shot
President Trump won’t go quietly. Even in this epoch of acrid political disagreement, most people probably agree he’d be undignified in defeat. But that’s a far cry…
Magazine - Your Land
Word of the Week: ‘Intersection’
NBC ran a doting headline about “Why Kamala Harris’ nomination is pushing this academic idea further into the mainstream.” The idea is “intersectionality,” and it dates to…