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.
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The Month’s Most Important News Stories
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.
Perspective · 27 Sep 2026
The PFAS Presidency
Forever Chemicals
The EPA has unleashed three pesticides to America's farmers, crops, food source and families. THEA KARLSSON traces the tumor data the agency waved off, and a Supreme Court ruling that makes forever chemicals the nation's future."
Politico
Politicians Shaping Policy & Power
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Politico · 18 Apr 2023
Weaponizing the FBI
The Espionage Act
Catastrophes and well laid schemes can look and seem like the very same thing.
Politico · 8 Sep 2022
Platinum Queen
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth logged 70 years on the throne with a reign and warning for the Information Age.
Politico · 29 Sep 2024
Bamboozled
Double Consciousness
It’s the persistent delusion of a hoodwinked mankind.
Politico · 3 May 2026
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.
Powerbrokers
Movers & Shakers Wielding World Power
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Powerbrokers · 10 Dec 2023
The Nobel Few
Nobel Prize 2023
The 2023 Nobel Prize points to life & living in a parallel universe.
Powerbrokers · 15 Dec 2025
The Affordability Tour
The Private Credit Crisis
As the Feds cut interest rates whilst inflation rises, Charlatan follows AI to private credit lenders, a financial crisis, and man’s ubiquitous search for “Universal Extreme Wealth.”
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 · 17 Mar 2024
Nightingale
St. Patrick's Way
Marriage equality in style, sexism hits headwinds in the Emerald Isle.
Perspective
Where Passion & Reason Form Reality
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Perspective · 21 Jan 2025
Hydroclimate Whiplash
Hydroclimate Whiplash
In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments; there are consequences.
Perspective · 20 Jul 2025
Blowback
The Epstein Files
It’s an article of faith online that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked some 250 teens and sex workers to politicians, celebrities, and powerbrokers who silenced him. Charlatan follows the conspiracy to a graveyard of political pretenders.
Perspective · 13 Aug 2024
The Blacklist
Face identification software is quick to justice, but things aren't always what they seem.
Perspective · 26 Apr 2026
The Mother Road
Route 66 at 100, the Carpool & America's Social Media Reckoning
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.
Places
Charlatan Explores the Halls & Corridors of Power
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Places · 21 Jun 2015
Corinthia St. Petersburg
Corinthia on the Nevsky Prospect shimmers like a mirage of imperial Russia
Places · 6 Sep 2015
The Gate to China
The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong Review: The Gate to China
The world's most competitive economy prevails inside the PRC. Contributor MATT GRAY checks in at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong and discovers One Country, Two Systems.
Places · 6 Sep 2015
Ritz London
An exploration of Edwardian luxury at The Ritz London on Piccadilly
It's the finest example of Edwardian England's style. Charlatan Magazine checks into the neoclassical masterpiece in the heart of London and experiences why this hotel's customs feel tried, true, and contemporary.
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.