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Memories of PDVSA: The Same Problems, Just Worse Now

Memories of PDVSA: The Same Problems, Just Worse Now

January 9, 2026 By Llewellyn King

In 1991, the state oil company of Venezuela, Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A., known as PDVSA, invited the international energy press to visit. I was … [Read More...]

A Conversation With 2026 on America’s Meaning to the World

A Conversation With 2026 on America’s Meaning to the World

January 2, 2026 By Llewellyn King

Come on in, 2026. Welcome. I am glad to see you because your predecessor year was not to my liking. Yes, I know there is always something going on … [Read More...]

Postcard from the Queen Mary 2: Holiday Cruise to the Caribbean

Postcard from the Queen Mary 2: Holiday Cruise to the Caribbean

December 29, 2025 By Linda Gasparello

My husband, Llewellyn King, and I chose a Christmas-to-New Year’s cruise on the Queen Mary 2, titled Caribbean Celebration, because there were so many … [Read More...]

New Year’s Resolutions Are Bad — Slough Off Instead

New Year’s Resolutions Are Bad — Slough Off Instead

December 26, 2025 By Llewellyn King

A remarkable autobiography by Anthony Inglis, the English conductor and musicologist, is titled, “Sit Down, Stop Waving Your Arms About!” Quite … [Read More...]

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Requiem for The Washington Post

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

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 […]

SCOTUS May Want to Check the Bible on Citizenship and Rights

SCOTUS May Want to Check the Bible on Citizenship and Rights

Llewellyn King

President Trump claims that birthright citizenship isn’t that: a birthright. He wants the authority to revoke the citizenship of U.S.-born children of immigrants here illegally and visitors here temporarily. The Supreme Court will hear arguments on birthright citizenship this spring. It will likely hand down a ruling by summer.  Before the justices decide, they may […]

The Rule of Law Is the Foundation of Civilization

The Rule of Law Is the Foundation of Civilization

Llewellyn King

The men you see in masks on your television savagely arresting people may not seem like your affair. But they are your affair and mine, and that of every other American. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operates outside of the law. It doesn’t disclose charges, and no one arrested sees a court of law. ICE […]

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