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December 3, 2016 by Linda Gasparello Leave a Comment

The Danger of Being Inured to the Status Quo

We have all had the experience of staying a few days in a hotel — say on holiday — which becomes home; quickly, it becomes familiar. Individuals adjust to change. People who come into money get used to being well-off, and people who lose everything get used to that. So, too, with nations. They adjust […]

Washington Press Corps Is Swollen, but the News Evades It

Llewellyn King

The Trump administration — with the power of the White House being felt from the universities to the Kennedy Center — isn’t the only top-heavy institution in Washington. The media is top-heavy, too. While statehouses around the country go uncovered and local courts go about their business without the light of press scrutiny — a […]

Requiem for The Washington Post

Llewellyn King

Think of a big-city newspaper as being analogous to a department store. You can get anything you want there, from breaking political news to dinner recipes. When you pick it up, you should be enchanted by the multiplicity of its offerings. Think of big-city newspapers as you think of the way every city had its […]

Energy and Government Are Inconstant Lovers

Llewellyn King

Politics and science are always falling in love, but they seldom live happily ever after. Quick to embrace, messy to separate is the pattern. Nowhere has this been clearer than with energy, where projects are dependent on some form of government approval, endorsement, funding and sometimes direct involvement — for example, when the Army Corps of […]

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