Politico · 8 Nov 2026
America’s Reckoning
Don't Cry for Me, America
As a blue tsunami rolls across the nation, MARY BONELLI ASHWORTH shows the Republic, Democracy, and the parties of “us and them” to the American kitchen table.
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Politico · 1 Nov 2026
The Slaughter House
U.S. MIDTERM ELECTIONS 2026
As America turns 250, the republic has assembled a colorful cast of characters. Charlatan follows what could be the biggest turnout in a U.S. midterm election cycle to a whodunit, American-style reckoning.
Perspective · 25 Oct 2026
Chasing the Light
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 2026
Politics and science contend with the end of summer.
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.
Politico
Politicians Shaping Policy & Power
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Politico · 2 Feb 2025
DeepSeek
Open-Source AI
Favoritism has always been the American Way, but AI has an eye on the long game.
Politico · 23 Apr 2023
Sins of Omission
Clarence Thomas in Profile.
It’s tax time and money talks. Even if you’re a liar.
Politico · 30 Nov 2025
The Inevitable Campaign
Why America Invaded Venezuela (really).
As the U.S.-Venezuela War gets underway, Charlatan follows authoritarians and regime change to the core assumptions and key institutions that no longer align with the inevitable shift toward a multipolar world.
Politico · 3 Nov 2024
Election Night
T'was the Night Before the Election.
American Telltales, Tall Tales and Fairytales.
Powerbrokers
Movers & Shakers Wielding World Power
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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 · 4 May 2025
Age of Consent
The Billionaire’s Playboy Club
She shut down an elitist sex trafficking network of Ivy League professors, billionaire playboys, and princes. Charlatan unpacks Jeffrey Epstein's Client List.
Powerbrokers · 6 Oct 2024
Melania
The War of the Roses
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.
Powerbrokers · 20 Oct 2024
A Noble Few
Nobel Prize 2024
Never cross a swamp before consulting an alligator. Charlatan reviews the 2024 Nobel Prize.
Perspective
Where Passion & Reason Form Reality
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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.
Perspective · 13 Aug 2024
The Blacklist
Face identification software is quick to justice, but things aren't always what they seem.
Perspective · 14 Aug 2024
The Great Eclipse
New "punish the parent" law finds perspective in the shadows of the sun.
Places
Charlatan Explores the Halls & Corridors of Power
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Places · 10 Aug 2013
Four Seasons Firenze
Four Seasons Hotel Firenze
Places · 27 Sep 2013
City of Czars
Four Seasons St. Petersburg Lion Palace
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 · 21 Jun 2015
The Nevsky Prospect
The Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg
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.
Places
Corinthia London
London's Magical Grand Hotel
It's the world's most visited city. Contributor MATTHEW FLACKS discovers a quixotic enclave in a cosmpolitan city at Corinthia London.