Nic Rowan

Whenever I ride that long, flat stretch of Illinois between Chicago and Davenport, I can’t help but think of Ronald…

A few days ago, a friend at a dinner party posed a question to the crowded table: “Be honest,” he…

I suspect Joan Didion would be amused to learn that I keep her on my obituary watch. The 86-year-old essayist…

One day after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, Congress hit thousands of National Guardsmen stationed in the Capitol with a gut…

Washington, D.C. — “I’m going to need to see some identification,” a National Guardsman told me as I pulled up…

WILMINGTON, Del. — “Joseph R. Biden, America’s pride,” proclaims a billboard towering over the highway running through the city. Erected…

Washington, D.C.  Downtown has changed a lot since last week’s massive MAGA wave rolled up Capitol Hill and into the…

New York I drove to Manhattan the other day, totally on a lark, just for a bag of bagels.  It…

Few Christmas films merit a yearly watch. The ones that do are mostly children’s cartoons: How the Grinch Stole Christmas,…

My travel etiquette during the coronavirus pandemic has been unadmirable. Since March, I have been to 17 states without taking…