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 · 15 Jun 2026
Cage Fight
The Iran War and the Limits of American Power
The U.S. demanded an end to Iran’s regime, nuclear program, ballistic missile capabilities, an unconditional surrender, and even wanted to select their next leader. Charlatan follows the Client States of America coming off the ropes.
Politico · 29 Sep 2024
Bamboozled
Double Consciousness
It’s the persistent delusion of a hoodwinked mankind.
Politico · 15 Dec 2024
Road to Damascus
The Fall of Assad's Syria
A fête, coup and pretender auger tour de force during Advent.
Politico · 11 Nov 2023
Poppy Day
Remembrance Day
We reap as we sow on Remembrance Day.
Powerbrokers
Movers & Shakers Wielding World Power
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Powerbrokers · 6 Apr 2025
Pay for Play
NCAA MARCH MADNESS
The cost of an unstoppable force is the price of an immovable object.
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.
Powerbrokers · 15 Dec 2025
The Affordability Tour
The Private Credit Crisis
As the Feds cut interest rates whilst inflation rises, Charlatan follows AI to private credit lenders, a financial crisis, and man’s ubiquitous search for “Universal Extreme Wealth.”
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.
Perspective
Where Passion & Reason Form Reality
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Perspective · 22 Mar 2026
The Thucydides Trap
China, the Iran War of 2026, and the Architecture of American Decline
As the U.S. government pass their beggar’s bowl petrodollars flow. Charlatan follows those making a killing on the Iran War.
Perspective · 13 Jul 2025
Hand of God
Flash Flood Alley
They were back-to-back 1-in-1,000 year rainfall events. Charlatan follows the science to a higher power, authority, and hand in human affairs.
Perspective · 26 Apr 2026
The Mother Road
Route 66 at 100, the Carpool & America's Social Media Reckoning
She's holding the keys to life and living. Charlatan follows Mary B. Ashworth to the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Route 66 — and to the warning, hazard, and children crossing signs of the American Dream.
Perspective · 13 Apr 2025
Moveable Feast
Holy Week Riddle
A strong entrance requires both timing and taming a jackass.
Places
Charlatan Explores the Halls & Corridors of Power
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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
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 · 6 Sep 2015
The Gate to China
The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong Review: The Gate to China
The world's most competitive economy prevails inside the PRC. Contributor MATT GRAY checks in at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong and discovers One Country, Two Systems.
Places
Corinthia London
From Victorian grandeur to contemporary discretion, Corinthia London stages luxury as both refuge and performance.
It's the world's most visited city. Contributor MATTHEW FLACKS discovers a quixotic enclave in a cosmpolitan city at Corinthia London.