Up in the Air
LATE ON THE MORNING of July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart climbed into the cockpit of her Lockheed Electra airplane on a small grass runway in Lae, New Guinea. She was 22,000 flight miles into her daring attempt to fly around the world, a journey that had captivated Americans since she lifted off from Miami a month earlier. Now Earhart was facing the most dangerous leg of the trip: a 19-hour, 2,556-mile flight to a tiny speck in the Pacific Ocean known as Howland Island. READ MORE >>
No Holds Barred
Occupy Congress
Pravda Lite
Citizens Excited
Last year, Ronnie Manns was feeling down on his luck. His two Rockford, Illinois-based transportation and financial services enterprises—Manns Logistics, Manufacturing & Distribution and R. Manns & Associates—had gone bottom up during the recession, and the political rancor on television had put him in a sour mood. But from his frustration was born an idea: He would start his own super PAC. READ MORE >>
Old Yeller
The Supplicant
Tuesday Mourning
Newt Gingrich’s ’94 Republicans aren’t remembered as a particularly collegial bunch. Fired up by their ideals and their newfound majority, the young Republican guard demanded welfare reform, shut down the government, and eventually impeached the president. But, if not for the Tuesday Group, it could have been much worse. READ MORE >>
‘Senator Junior DeMint’
TNR’s World Cup Bracket Update
To those of you who chose to participate in TNR’s World Cup bracket (and there were over 370 of you), I have an important announcement: I am in (joint possession of) the lead. No foul play, no backchannel communications with Sepp Blatter, no Italian match fixing scandal—as your commissioner, you have my word. READ MORE >>
