
Perspective · 25 Oct 2026
Chasing the Light
DAYLIGHT SAVINGS 2026
Politics and science contend with the end of summer.
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The Month’s Most Important News Stories

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.

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
Facts & Fiction
America, by rights, is in decline. Charlatan follows the build out to the new American Moment.

Politico
Politicians Shaping Policy & Power
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Politico · 22 Oct 2024
The Promised Land
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Why Jerusalem is a stormy port city on the shore of etermity...

Politico · 9 Nov 2025
We Own the Future!
The Democratic Socialists of America
As a political schism unfolds across the nation, Charlatan follows the cost of living crisis to the practical reality of a post-capitalist, socialist democracy.

Politico · 5 Oct 2025
U.S. War Coup de d'etat
"The Warrior Ethos"
Why is the U.S. Military deploying to American cities? Clues lie in a government shutdown, nation building exercise in Gaza, and a new wildcard in Washington called the Department of War.

Politico · 30 Nov 2025
The Inevitable Campaign
Why America Will Invade Venezuela
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.

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 · 2 Mar 2025
International Woman's Day
Virtue signaling is a voice. Sweat equity a choice.

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 · 25 Feb 2024
The Queen's Gambit
Yulia Navalnaya
We were right til we weren’t; built a nation watched it burn; second round heres the spin; now the nations listening in.

Perspective
Where Passion & Reason Form Reality
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Perspective · 21 Apr 2024
Death & Taxes
He’s the only U.S. President ever to be convicted of a felony.
He's the only U.S. President ever to be convicted of a felony. Charlatan examines the People of New York v. Trump.

Perspective · 8 Mar 2026
Chasing the Light
The Death of Daylight Savings
Politics and science contend with the end of winter.

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.

Places
Charlatan Explores the Halls & Corridors of Power
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Places · 6 Sep 2015
Ritz London
An exploration of Edwardian luxury at The Ritz London on Piccadilly

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
Its the birthplace of the Renaissance. Contributor BRENDA WENSIL checks into the Four Seasons Hotel Florence and discovers the paintings, antiques and masters that created the modern age.

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 · 30 Aug 2015
Mandarin Oriental Bangkok
Thai Coup d'état 2015
Charlatan checks in to the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok and stumbles onto a revolt & reformation on the River of Kings.