Perspective · 25 Oct 2026
Chasing the Light
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 2026
Politics and science contend with the end of summer.
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The Month’s Most Important News Stories
Powerbrokers · 18 Oct 2026
Saving America's Story
Columbus Day Conundrum
Is it Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples Day? Charlatan follows the new American identity.
Powerbrokers · 11 Oct 2026
The Schoolyard Bully
The Nobel Prize 2026
The prize he coveted the most went to a nemesis. As America tries to run the world by fiat, Charlatan follows the Nobel Prizes pushing back.
Perspective · 4 Oct 2026
The Gatekeeper
Facts & Fiction
America, by rights, is in decline. Charlatan follows the build out to the new American Moment.
Politico
Politicians Shaping Policy & Power
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Politico · 3 Nov 2024
Election Night
U.S. Election Night
American Telltales, Tall Tales and Fairytales.
Politico · 8 Jun 2025
Deep State
Benjamin Netanyahu's Private War
Israel’s prime minister admonishes the world, “Israel has a deep state.” Charlatan follows the signal to a private war.
Politico · 24 Aug 2025
Captain America
Remapping America
As Texas redistricts five GOP congressional seats for the state and nation, Charlatan follows the roadmap to 2026 and the Voting Rights Act.
Politico · 17 May 2026
Peking Duck
Trump, Xi, and the Guest Who Wasn't Invited
As a rising power and ruling nation meet in the Great Hall of the People, Charlatan follows their dinner guests to a whodunit murder mystery, and to the death of democratic freedom for totalitarian control.
Powerbrokers
Movers & Shakers Wielding World Power
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Powerbrokers · 21 Sep 2025
The Blobfish Classic!
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire
It was a grueling, sloppy, slow-motion car-crash on the half-court. Charlatan follows the slips, gimmicks & tricks of the new American knockout.
Powerbrokers · 11 Jun 2023
OpenAI (Day 18)
AI Revolution
Super-intelligent algorithms, brain implants, and zany holograms collide to decry mankind.
Powerbrokers · 19 Oct 2025
Q-Day
PEACE 2025
There is a future point in time, as yet undefined, when mankind will create exquisite chaos. There is reason to celebrate, and reason to fear, what it portends. Charlatan follows the math and science to Palestine, and those who won and lost the Nobel Prize in 2025.
Powerbrokers · 24 Jul 2022
Sins of the Fathers
Can a Holy Father atone for the genocide of the Indigenous Peoples? That answer lies somewhere in a penitential journey across Canada.
Perspective
Where Passion & Reason Form Reality
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Perspective · 21 Apr 2024
Death & Taxes
He’s the only U.S. President ever to be convicted of a felony.
He's the only U.S. President ever to be convicted of a felony. Charlatan examines the People of New York v. Trump.
Perspective · 8 Mar 2026
Chasing the Light
The Death of Daylight Savings
Politics and science contend with the end of winter.
Perspective · 5 Apr 2026
A.I. & Deathcare
Corporate consolidation and AI-driven automation are reshaping death care—and erasing its human core.
Corporations are converting family owned funeral homes into A.I. transactions. Charlatan follows the old guard to the new Ambassadors to the Afterlife.
Perspective · 29 Mar 2026
Holy Week 2026
It’s a 7-day metaphor for life & living. Charlatan follows 2026 to the sacrifices and redemption.
Places
Charlatan Explores the Halls & Corridors of Power
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Places · 6 Sep 2015
Ritz London
An exploration of Edwardian luxury at The Ritz London on Piccadilly
Places · 10 Aug 2013
Four Seasons Firenze
Brenda Wensil checks into Four Seasons Firenze and finds the Renaissance alive in palace walls, gardens, and art
Its the birthplace of the Renaissance. Contributor BRENDA WENSIL checks into the Four Seasons Hotel Florence and discovers the paintings, antiques and masters that created the modern age.
Places · 27 Sep 2013
City of Czars
A restored imperial residence in St. Petersburg transformed into a luxury hotel experience
Russia's fervent nationalism, religious messianism, and identity as a chosen nation has driven expansion across the world. Charlatan checked in to the Four Seasons Lion Palace before Magyar conquered Budapest, Trump was summoned to Beijing, or Moscow retreated from Ukraine — and saw that all roads no longer lead to St. Petersburg.
Places · 30 Aug 2015
Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
Thai Coup d'état 2015
Charlatan checks in to the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok and stumbles onto a revolt & reformation on the River of Kings.