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Trusting Your Gut
More than 11,500 confirmed or probable cases are rising in the worst cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history. Contributor THEA KARLSSON tracks the parasites to Washington, and signals why trusting the gut is the cleanest path to wellness.
"So Be It."
The Nazis prescribed Pervitin — crystal methamphetamine — to their soldiers to maximize combat performance. Charlatan follows the U.S. military's new compulsory screening for low testosterone levels to a new Men's Club girding their loins for war.
In God We Trust(ed)
31 U.S.C. § 5114(b): “Only the portrait of a deceased individual may appear on United States currency and securities.” Charlatan follows the gold rush to the claims, stakes and cost of the American brand.
2026 World Cup
How does a guy with a Sports Bucket List get into every sold-out event on earth? How does a guy with a Sports Bucket List get into every sold-out event on earth? Ask the man who won the Nobel Prize in Economics.
God, Inc.
1.4 billion members. A trillion-dollar balance sheet. Eroding market share. Charlatan runs the numbers on the Roman Catholic Church.
The House Always Wins!
Last week: Congressional insider trading. This week: the casino they built to do it in — and the crypto lawyer they hired to guard it.
All the World’s a Stage
Make Sense of the Week’s News.
Charlatan follows the Worldview
CHARLATAN
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