Cover of Charlatan Magazine for Route 66

U.S. Route 66 Centennial

The Mother Road turns 100

Route 66 turns 100 on April 30. Mary B. Ashworth drives it from Kingman, Arizona — through seven children, a senator husband, Big Tech, and the republic itself.

AI illustration of John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, Don Ashworth, and Mary Ashworth driving in a convertible on Route 66

The Mother Road

Get Your Kicks on Route 66

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.

Editor’s Letter

The Ideal City

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

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.

The Affordibility Tour

Charlatan follows AI to private credit lenders, a financial crisis, and man’s ubiquitous search for “Universal Extreme Wealth"

A.I. Afterlife

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

The Supermodels

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.

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

Movers & Shakers

The Fix

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.”

Trump's Army

Was he an agitator, insurrectionist, or patriot when shot 10xs by a growing Federal Army in the back, chest, and neck from behind?

Epic Fury

The U.S. and Israel have assassinated the Supreme Leader of Iran. Charlatan follows the mission to a paradox of epic proportions.

Citizen Claude

A.I., & Statecraft

Chatbots aren’t fair-minded mediators, but often sycophants designed to engage. Where algorithms and ethics collide, Anthropic’s Claude defers to the human touch to govern.  

All the World’s a Stage

Make Sense of the Week’s News.
Charlatan follows the Worldview

CHARLATAN

The Exposé of Politics & Style