David Griffiths: Blues and Blatz beer down south

Columns & Analysis

Published
December 19, 2021

David Griffiths: Blues and Blatz beer down south

Back when country music tunes were actually distinguishable one from another, my wife and I frequented raucous dances at VFW clubs and Elk clubs and the like in rural Maryland. Would a traveling Black man have been welcome in such venues in many sections of America?
Published
December 18, 2021

Joaquin Contreras: Poutine a la Maine may be a mess but it’s a sumptuous mess

Local Flavors: A visit to Governor's in Lewiston turns into an exquisite romp through the confluence of Canadian-Maine diner cuisine.
Published
December 18, 2021

Cal Thomas: Restraint and the tornado tragedy

Some politicians and government officials can't let a crisis go to waste. In the matter of the tornadoes that devastated parts of Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri, restraint was called for, but went unanswered.
Published
December 18, 2021

Bob Neal: The Countryman: Can the Supreme Court save us? Or itself?

John Roberts, chief justice of the United States, has one of the toughest jobs in a tough town, Washington. He may believe he can save the court from itself. I'm not so sure.
Published
December 17, 2021

Austin Bay: The swarm war future?

The U.S. Army and Navy know enemy robot swarms are a threat. They are developing high-powered "microwave cannons" that can burn drone "brains" and protect armored units and Navy ships from swarm attack.

Published
December 16, 2021

Rich Lowry: The failure of “Latinx”

The pushback is a heartening sign of the limits of elite cultural power, and of the lack of interest of most Latinos in being pawns in the ever more strained and obscure progressive politics of perpetual victimology.
Published
December 16, 2021

Clarence Page: After Smollett case, Foxx’s ‘progressive’ approach faces more trial

As a Cook County, Illinois, jury last week found actor Jussie Smollett guilty of faking a racist and homophobic attack on himself, attention quickly turned to State's Attorney Kim Foxx, the prosecutor who tried to let him off easy.
Published
December 15, 2021

Froma Harrop: In these #MeToo accusations, the details matter

The details change the heat of these stories. They matter, even when they involve predators and creeps.
Published
December 15, 2021

Cal Thomas: Medals for jumping to conclusions about Jussie Smollett

I wouldn't write about the Jussie Smollett case and his conviction for lying about a hoax he perpetrated if it didn't reflect something seriously wrong in the culture. Smollett was convicted in Chicago last week of faking an attack by a supposed Trump-MAGA man he claimed uttered racist and homophobic slurs.
Published
December 13, 2021

Revenge Christmas is coming, with or without omicron

What emerges on omicron in coming days will determine what the final wave of 2021 consumer spending looks like. After hospitality businesses missed out on their most lucrative trading period in 2020, and given the high expectations for the so-called golden quarter this year, a significant scaling back would be a double blow.

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