Perspective examines the forces shaping the modern world—from artificial intelligence and labor markets to war, governance, and social change. Through investigative commentary and interdisciplinary analysis, Perspective connects policy, history, and human behavior to explain not just what is happening—but why it matters.
Perspective · 1 Nov 2026
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
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 2026
Politics and science contend with the end of summer.
Perspective · 4 Oct 2026
Facts & Fiction
America, by rights, is in decline. Charlatan follows the build out to the new American Moment.
Perspective · 27 Sep 2026
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."
Perspective · 6 Sep 2026
Breathe, then breathe again
At the confluence of dissolution and illusion lies a delta. Angela Gala-Roncevich discovers new ground in Indonesia.
Perspective · 2 Sep 2026
Trained to help, permitted only to follow policy
A single conglomerate owns the majority of all veterinary hospitals, diagnostics, and algorithms. Then the birds started dying.
Perspective · 30 Aug 2026
Back to School 2026
As millions head back to school, they leave a sigh of relief, hope and faith in their wake. Charlatan explores the Empty Nest Syndrome.
Perspective · 28 Jun 2026
America 250
As America turns 250, Mary Bonelli Ashworth traces the Founding Father's vision to the American Dream.
Perspective · 21 Jun 2026
American Woman, Set Me Free
America’s finest Think Tanks are set around the Family Dinner Table. As the United States turns 250, Charlatan discovers why behind every great statesman there was and will always be an American Woman.
Perspective · 26 Apr 2026
The Centennial of Route 66
She's holding the keys to life and living. Charlatan follows Mary Bonelli Ashworth to the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Route 66.
Perspective · 11 Apr 2026
NCAA Game-Fixing, March Madness, and the WNBA
A transnational betting scheme shadowed the NCAA's Money Madness. Charlatan follows the fixers to an offer the institution declined to make, and to the women and champions making the case that “It Just Means More.”
Perspective · 5 Apr 2026
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
It’s a 7-day metaphor for life & living. Charlatan follows 2026 to the sacrifices and redemption.
Perspective · 22 Mar 2026
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 · 8 Mar 2026
The Death of Daylight Savings
Politics and science contend with the end of winter.
Perspective · 1 Mar 2026
Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube are in the dock for product liability, negligence, and a failure to warn. Charlatan follows free speech and passive scrolling to the Collective Action Problem of our time.
Perspective · 19 Jan 2026
The Equality Acts
In the U.S., businesses can refuse service to anyone for almost any reason. Editor in Chief DREW GOWING traces Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom to the Civil Rights and Equality Acts, and on to the present day and the republic’s Ideal City.
Perspective · 19 Jan 2026
The Super Models
The Supermodel's allegations of sexual misconduct and rape evince in the latest release of the Epstein Files renewed focus on modeling industry abuse and the cost-benefit of beauty.
Perspective · 28 Dec 2025
The World Ahead, 2026
When 1.5 trillion in market speculations burst stocks plunge. Charlatan watches Artificial General Intelligence both blowing bubbles and breaking the surface of a New World.
Perspective · 27 Nov 2025
Thanksgiving Day 2026
My in-laws are creating a Thanksgiving circus. Have we lost our sense of occasion? Editor in Chief DREW GOWING queries the new customs emerging in High Society.
Perspective · 16 Nov 2025
Hollywood's Search for the Truth & Nature of Love
Art and science work hand in glove to write the definitive book on love. Editor in Chief DREW GOWING joins Hollywood's search for the truth and nature of love.
Perspective · 26 Oct 2025
NBA Sports Gambling Scandal
Are NBA players and coaches fixing and rigging the games? Charlatan follows legalized sports betting to the courts, and the first inductions into the Hall of Shame.
Perspective · 24 Aug 2025
Remapping America
As Texas redistricts five GOP congressional seats for the state and nation, Charlatan follows the roadmap to 2026 and the Voting Rights Act.
Perspective · 10 Aug 2025
The Promise of Alzheimers
Is it possible to recharge your memory? Charlatan invites modern science to prove its mettle, but cautions drinking the water.
Perspective · 3 Aug 2025
Food Sovereignty, the Oil-for-Food Program, and What Gaza Can Learn from the Cradle of Civilization
It's the oldest city of the world but wheres the beef? Charlatan chats with Kurdistan’s Agriculture Minister about the political mousetrap of a free lunch.
Perspective · 20 Jul 2025
The Epstein Files
It’s an article of faith online that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked some 250 teens and sex workers to politicians, celebrities, and powerbrokers who silenced him. Charlatan follows the conspiracy to a graveyard of political pretenders.
Perspective · 13 Jul 2025
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 · 25 Jun 2025
Marriage equality, divorce, and the freedom to create family anew
As Marriage Equality rears a milestone, contributor Michelle Shail offers some conventional wisdom on the tradition’s long game.
Perspective · 15 Jun 2025
Juneteenth
As the National Guard deploys across the United States, Editor in Chief DREW GOWING unpacks their declared “invasion and war from within."
Perspective · 13 Apr 2025
Holy Week Riddle
A strong entrance requires both timing and taming a jackass.
Perspective · 16 Feb 2025
The Man Who Would Be King
Somewhere beyond the 49th parallel lies a repository of minerals, and the new command center of earth and heaven.
Perspective · 9 Feb 2025
NFL Super Bowl LIX
Style, improvisation, and socially conscious hip-hop challenge status quo on Super Sunday.
Perspective · 21 Jan 2025
Hydroclimate Whiplash
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
Perspective · 21 Jan 2025
The LA Times Corruption
It was called the scourge of mankind. Charlatan re-examines the Prohibition Era, and her family dynasty’s claim on the American Way.
Perspective · 19 Jan 2025
The Radical Kings
Martin Luther King and the American Dream collide on Inauguration Day.
Perspective · 5 Jan 2025
They’re 50+ million people in the world with dementia, and most seem to follow a similar path. Charlatan explores why loneliness is the principal driver of memory loss.
Perspective · 5 Jan 2025
American Terrorism 2025
Radicalizing the U.S. military isn’t new, it's just another wakeup call for the disbelievers.
Perspective · 1 Jan 2025
An outlook on artificial intelligence, markets, and geopolitical change shaping the next global era
Say goodbye to repetitive administrative tasks and jobs, and hello to the autonomous work force. Charlatan follows the first release of Agentic AI.
Perspective · 17 Nov 2024
Gen Y Goes to Washington
Youth and inexperience collide in Washington, DC.
Perspective · 6 Oct 2024
The War of the Roses
Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose.
Perspective · 19 Sep 2024
The Cuban Revolution
One culture. Two currencies? Charlatan checks-in to Cuba’s new Gran Hotel Manzana, and experiences the collision between communism and the new market capitalism.
Perspective · 2 Sep 2024
Danish Secretary of State (Interview)
Power is where power goes. Editor in Chief DREW GOWING sits down with Denmark's King Frederik X and his ministers at Christiansborg Palace.
Perspective · 2 Sep 2024
The Institution of Marriage
Have your cake and eat it too but mindful when saying “I do.” Editor in Chief DREW GOWING sorts through the legal contracts and social customs of matrimony.
Perspective · 14 Aug 2024
New "punish the parent" law finds perspective in the shadows of the sun.
New "punish the parent" law finds perspective in the shadows of the sun.
Perspective · 13 Aug 2024
Face identification software is quick to justice, but things aren't always what they seem.
Perspective · 7 Jul 2024
Extreme Weather 2023
If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you.
Perspective · 9 Jun 2024
Cyberstalking
Post what you like; as much as you please; Americans call it Freedom of Speech.
Perspective · 21 Apr 2024
He’s the only U.S. President ever to be convicted of a felony. Charlatan examines the People of New York v. Trump.
He's the only U.S. President ever to be convicted of a felony. Charlatan examines the People of New York v. Trump.
Perspective · 24 Mar 2024
A quintessential entrance is knowing when to make an appearance.
A quintessential entrance is knowing when to make an appearance.
Perspective · 28 Jan 2024
The Great Good Place
The search for a civil society exists solely and exclusively outside the cash nexus.
Perspective · 15 Oct 2023
Israeli-Hamas War 2023
Storming Israel may have been a provocation to a more complex scheme.
Perspective · 9 Oct 2023
The Midlife Crisis Phenomenon
Science may explain the midlife pandemonium for those rearing Middle Age.
Perspective · 4 Jun 2023
Ageism
At 81, Pinup Girl Martha Stewart is stirring perceptions about Age Bias.
Perspective · 2 Apr 2023
Covenant School Massacre
Peace isn't an abstract goal. It's a day to day journey by which we arrive at a goal.
Perspective · 5 Feb 2023
Predictive Policing
The best way to predict a crime is to create it.
Perspective · 27 Jul 2022
The United States is the global epicenter of Covid-19. DR. DAVID ST. JEAN examines the case for Functional Medicine, and the seemingly magical collaboration between man and the natural world.
Perspective · 26 Jun 2022
U.S. Supreme Court overturns abortion. Contributor MICHELLE SHAIL recalls how a family vacay coincided with a political exodus to Ireland, and the collision of church and state with a woman's right to choose.
Perspective · 24 May 2022
Gun Laws
School shootings aren't the problem. They’re a consequence, casualty, and foregone conclusion of a problem.
Perspective · 15 Nov 2021
Center Street Bakery
They’re the shops of retailing, socializing, and a gathering place of growing concerns.
Perspective · 25 Oct 2021
The generation with the world at its fingertips lost its grip
The Black Swan effect describes an event that comes as a surprise & has a major effect. Contributor BROOKE GOODMAN observes the Millennials' coming of age.
Perspective · 12 Aug 2021
Selling luxury goods to a youth market with no income
It was the first and greatest sporting goods store in the world. Former A&F model BROOKE GOODMAN explains how the retailer drove gender norms, and decimated the proverbial man’s world.
Perspective · 25 Sep 2020
The Psychology of COVID-19
Covid-19 brought the world to a standstill. Psychotherapist MELISSA ST. JEAN explains why self-introspection was the pandemic's legacy.
Perspective · 19 Sep 2019
Four Seasons Prague, Lobkowicz Palace, and the Velvet Revolution
He’s the modern-day prince in Prague. Editor in Chief DREW GOWING sits down with Prince William Rudolf at Lobkowicz Palace and learns how a 600 year old Bohemian noble family is curating the arts and culture of modern-day Czechia.
Perspective · 19 Sep 2019
The Soul of the Sahara
How did Morocco avert the Arab Spring? Editor in Chief DREW GOWING travels to Africa and discovers a savvy constitutional monarch, a vibrant cosmopolitan culture, and the kismet of both at the resplendent La Sultana Marrakesh.
Perspective · 30 Aug 2015
Thai Coup d'état 2015
Charlatan checks in to the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok and stumbles onto a revolt & reformation on the River of Kings.
Perspective · 26 Jun 2015
Marriage Equality 2015
The U.S. Supreme Court declares Same-Sex Marriage the new law of the land. Editor in Chief DREW GOWING remembers the controversial march toward Marriage Equality.
Perspective · 12 Aug 2012
Congressman Barney Frank (Interview)
The Honorable Barney Frank was the first openly gay United States Congressman. Editor in Chief DREW GOWING sits down with the controversial political icon during his final days in Capitol Hill.
Perspective · 12 Jun 2012
Fear, friendship, and the moral work of equality in suburban America
In the wake of California’s Prop 8, Contributor MICHELLE SHAIL encounters the ostensibly different outcasts and dissidents of suburbia and discover the importance of a path to renewal for she and her children.
Perspective · 12 Jun 2012
Faith, parenthood, vulnerability, and equality in conversation with Gene Robinson
He was the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church. Contributor MICHELLE SHAIL chats with Gene Robinson at The Center for American Progress.
Perspective · 12 Jun 2012
He was the "King of Hoteliers, Hotelier of Kings." Contributor MICHELLE SHAIL chats with the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Comapny's founder Horst Schulze about the new era of hospitality.
Perspective · 7 Jan 2009
2008 Financial Crisis
The 2008 financial crisis was the worst since the Great Depression. Editor in Chief DREW GOWING remembers a shining city on a hill