Trump’s hypocrisy on voting is hard to stomach as a military man
In October 2000, while stationed in San Diego, my home state absentee ballot arrived from North Carolina a few weeks...
Trump’s hall-of-mirrors speech
Adolf Hitler, in a contemplative mood, said that every war at its start is like opening the door to a...
Oil prices jump after Trump calls for others to ‘take the lead’ on Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices rose sharply again Thursday after President Donald Trump presented no plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in...
Israelis celebrate Passover in a parking garage turned bomb shelter
TEL AVIV — In more peaceful times, the space under the Dizengoff Center, a mall in Tel Aviv, is simply...
7 things to know about the end of life, according to death doulas
In a recent episode of the popular HBO Max medical drama “The Pitt,” an emergency department nurse moonlights as a...
Three couches, three Final Fours, one family
You’re reading Fanfare With Will Leitch, a newsletter on the cultural moments capturing America’s attention. Click here to get the...
Airline bag fees are sky-high. Save money with these packing hacks.
One of the commandments of budget travel is “Thou shalt not overpack.” With rising ancillary fees, this age-old principle is...
Removing a tyrant is easy. Changing a regime is hard.
One of the most perplexing questions of the Iran war has been why so many people, both in the Trump...
Five steps to ending the Iran war on America’s terms
In his address to the nation Wednesday night, President Donald Trump said that if there is no deal with Iran’s...
Another blow to blue-state business hubs
Another major U.S. company is opting to expand outside the jurisdiction of high-tax blue states. In other news, it’s a...
Unions are on a comeback. Americans are paying the price.
C. Jarrett Dieterle is a legal policy fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Organized labor has allegedly been on life support...
What’s that mysterious sound in Times Square? Look down.
Allan Ripp runs a press relations firm in New York. It was Wednesday, midmorning, and I was rushing through Times...
Plan to reinforce sewer pipe was delayed for years before Potomac disaster
The D.C.-area utility responsible for a massive sewer line that failed catastrophically in January had planned to reinforce the aging...
It’ll cost some George Washington U students over $98,000 next school year
In the upcoming academic year, students at George Washington University will do more than sing “Hail to the Buff and...
Literacy grant produces big gains for Black and poor students in D.C.
Reading scores in Washington’s schools tell the same story year after year: Black students and children from poor families struggle...
