Special Relationship

The Week America Put Motive on Trial

Intent is everything — and this week proved it. The Supreme Court rewrote voting rights law around it. The DOJ is trying to prove it against James Comey. And King Charles III walked into a joint session of Congress and wielded it with the precision of a surgeon. The act is not culpable unless the mind is guilty. Neither, it turns out, is the king.

AI illustration of Donald Trump and King Charles walking on the beach

True Colors

The Guilty Mind: How Intent Became the Most Powerful Force in American Politics

Voting Rights. Election Interference. True Threats? Charlatan follows a former FBI director to the red and blue — and to the new wave of mens rea washing up on American shores.

Editor’s Letter

In a Rugged Land

Breakdown the politics, powerbrokers & ploys into a no-nonsense, non-partisan playbook with a scholarly, slightly sardonic, and straight shot at truth in the press.

What We’re Talking About

Policy & Playbooks

Charlatan Scrutinizes Policy & Playbooks

The Mother Road

She's holding the keys to life and living. Charlatan follows Mary B. Ashworth to the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Route 66 — and to the warning, hazard, and children crossing signs of the American Dream.

The Thucydides Trap

As the U.S. government pass their beggar’s bowl petrodollars flow. Charlatan follows those making a killing on the Iran War.

A.I. & Deathcare

Corporations are converting family owned funeral homes into A.I. transactions. Charlatan follows the old guard to the new Ambassadors to the Afterlife.

The Mother Road

She's holding the keys to life and living. Charlatan follows Mary B. Ashworth to the 100th Anniversary of U.S. Route 66 — and to the warning, hazard, and children crossing signs of the American Dream.

As You Like It

Charlatan’s Editors at Large assemble on the stage of the American Dream to debate ethos, ethics, and irony in the Chapel of Democracy.

Coming July 2026

Who We’re Talking About

Charlatan Chronicles Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

Showdown

The terse back and forth between an American pope and president reflects a movement. Charlatan follows an unlikely skiff reshaping the American moment.

"Now or Never"

Peter Magyar didn't just overthrow Viktor Orbán's sixteen years of iron-fisted rule. He won 138 of 199 parliamentary seats (a supermajority) and in so doing sent a warning shot across the bow of nationalism.

March Madness 2026

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.”