January 8, 2019 Issue

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Digital Edition

FEATURE

The Godfather

by Wayne Laugesen

✪ The afterlife of Christopher Hitchens

by Nicholas Clairmont

Your Land

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Pelosi, make those tax cuts permanent

by Washington Examiner

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex: The royal millennial

by Tiana Lowe Doescher

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Can’t stop the amusement

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Breaking the game

by Timothy P. Carney

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Letter from the editor: Jan. 8, 2019

Business

BUSINESS

‘Detroit Three’ may come up winners with Trump’s auto tariffs — but at heavy cost

by James Langford

BUSINESS

Year ahead promises corporate America a gloomier replay of 2018

by Joe Williams

Letter From The Editor

Washington Briefing

Conservatives to take another swing at public-sector unions

by Sean Higgins

Electric cars vs. big ethanol

by John Siciliano

How Dems could derail transportation improvements

by Diana Stancy Correll

Unburdening psych patients

by Kimberly Leonard

Congress hunkers down for a long shutdown fight

by Susan Ferrechio

Dems push for Internet ‘Bill of Rights’

by Steven Nelson

The Columnists

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Salena Zito

From Tea Party insurgent to last man standing: Ron Johnson in Wisconsin

Life & Arts

Zulaikha and me

Brexit plot over bacon and eggs

by Jamie Dettmer

Dusty bottles, dry martini

Handmaid’s flail

by Elisha Maldonado

Sympathy for the vulture

Buster the great

Orange-haired monster — not that one!

by Kirsten Fleming

More from the Magazine

‘Detroit Three’ may come up winners with Trump’s auto tariffs — but at heavy cost

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Obituary

Obituary: Bre Payton

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