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.
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The Month’s Most Important News Stories
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
Lake America, and other edits
America, by rights, is in decline. Charlatan follows the build out to the new American Moment.
Perspective · 27 Sep 2026
The PFAS Presidency
Forever Chemicals
The EPA has unleashed three pesticides to America's farmers, crops, food source and families. THEA KARLSSON traces the tumor data the agency waved off, and a Supreme Court ruling that makes forever chemicals the nation's future."
Politico
Politicians Shaping Policy & Power
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Politico · 11 Nov 2023
Flight into Egypt
The Holocaust and the Idyllic life
National defense is a policy; Ethnic Cleansing a paradigm; and deliverance a prophecy and promise.
Politico · 5 Oct 2025
U.S. War Coup de d'etat
"The Warrior Ethos"
Why is the U.S. Military deploying to American cities? Clues lie in a government shutdown, nation building exercise in Gaza, and a new wildcard in Washington called the Department of War.
Politico · 21 Dec 2025
Year of the Lord, 2025
Christmas Eve
The son of God and Abraham. Some serve God, others Man.
Politico · 15 Dec 2024
Road to Damascus
The Fall of Assad's Syria
A fête, coup and pretender auger tour de force during Advent.
Powerbrokers
Movers & Shakers Wielding World Power
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Powerbrokers · 20 Oct 2024
A Noble Few
Nobel Prize 2024
Never cross a swamp before consulting an alligator. Charlatan reviews the 2024 Nobel Prize.
Powerbrokers · 5 Jul 2026
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush: What the Swift-Kelce Wedding Reveals
Before 1970, more than 80% of Americans 25–34 were married. By 2023, that statistic fell to 38%. Charlatan follows college-educated, higher-income Americans to an increasingly elitist institution of marriage.
Powerbrokers · 29 Jun 2025
Project 562
White Independence Day
It's Independence Day, and heres what happens to people who get in our way.
Powerbrokers · 15 Sep 2013
All American
Steve Young
NFL Hall of Famer Steve on the LDS Church, Gay Rights, and Affirmation.
Perspective
Where Passion & Reason Form Reality
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Perspective · 24 Mar 2024
Moveable Feast
A quintessential entrance is knowing when to make an appearance.
Perspective · 8 Mar 2026
Chasing the Light
The Death of Daylight Savings
Politics and science contend with the end of summer.
Perspective · 14 Aug 2024
The Great Eclipse
New "punish the parent" law finds perspective in the shadows of the sun.
Perspective · 13 Aug 2024
The Blacklist
Face identification software is quick to justice, but things aren't always what they seem.
Places
Charlatan Explores the Halls & Corridors of Power
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Places · 27 Sep 2013
City of Czars
A restored imperial residence in St. Petersburg transformed into a luxury hotel experience
Places · 6 Sep 2015
Ritz London
An exploration of Edwardian luxury at The Ritz London on Piccadilly
It's the finest example of Edwardian England's style. Charlatan Magazine checks into the neoclassical masterpiece in the heart of London and experiences why this hotel's customs feel tried, true, and contemporary.
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 · 21 Jun 2015
Corinthia St. Petersburg
Corinthia on the Nevsky Prospect shimmers like a mirage of imperial Russia
It was the masterplan of Peter the Great. Charlatan checks-in to the Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg and encounters former KGB, a diplomat's wife, and the remnants of Communist Russia.