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Do not paint granite! www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Do Not Paint Granite!The latest Trump renovation project would violate a basic rule of building maintenance.www.theatlantic.com

Americans like museums. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

One Problem With Attacking the Smithsonian? Americans Like It.Coming after a history museum may not be the base-galvanizing issue Trump thinks it is.www.theatlantic.com

Gild trip. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

Let Them Eat GoldTaxpayers are now financing President Trump’s love of anything gilded.www.theatlantic.com

Dulles is good. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

I Can’t Be the Only One Who Loves DullesA plan to renovate one of America’s most hated airports will surely be popular—but the airport is actually fine the way it is.www.theatlantic.com

One sign of life at the zombie Kennedy Center www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The One Sign of Life at the Zombie Kennedy CenterThe major performers are gone. But staff are trying to keep the center alive on its smallest stage.www.theatlantic.com

I note that Slate's excellent "80 Over 80" power list is mentioned in Fauci's diary. He was, of course, named No. 1. slate.com/tag/80-over-80

80 Over 80The power of America's geriatric set—in politics, in Hollywood, in the culture writ large—has never been clearer.slate.com

The new Dulles renderings take the best roof in America and make it look like the second best rest stop on I-95.

I think the people movers are good. www.washingtonpost.com/style/2025/1...

Icons or relics? Dulles’s hulking people movers spark debate yet again.A design history of Dulles Airport’s people movers, the space-age vehicles fliers love to hate.www.washingtonpost.com

Trump's trigger warnings on the National Mall. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Trump’s Trigger WarningsThe president is ordering new signs outside the Smithsonian to warn Americans about history.www.theatlantic.com

As a longtime admirer of tossed-off song sketches, I enjoy this popular new concept album about tossed-off song sketches.

The Smithsonian’s show trial on Capitol Hill www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The Smithsonian’s Show Trial on Capitol HillRepublicans grilled a museum head, intensifying Donald Trump’s campaign to reshape the American story.www.theatlantic.com

ICYMI: The Trump administration wants to make a change to a key historic-preservation regulation that would affect projects across the country — at the very moment Trump's triumphal arch is going through that process. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Inside Trump’s Rush Job to Build His ArchIf the president gets his way, new rules would lower the bar for building monuments in Washington.www.theatlantic.com

The canoeist and the Reflecting Pool www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The Canoeist Accused of Destroying the Reflecting PoolThe Olympian has become the latest emblem of possible prosecutorial overreach.www.theatlantic.com

A great piece about walls. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

The True History of New England’s Stone WallsWhy we love them, and why I build them.www.theatlantic.com

NEWS: The Trump admin is trying to loosen historic preservation rules — the Section 106 review — to ease approval of projects like the triumphal arch. From @janaykingsberry.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

Inside Trump’s Rush Job to Build His ArchA previously unreported regulatory change could lower the bar for new additions to Washington.www.theatlantic.com

How the Smithsonian could fall — and why it's almost (but not quite) president-proof. From @kelseyables.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

How the Smithsonian Could FallA president cracking down on museums is unusual—but so are the museums.www.theatlantic.com

What the White House's report on the American History Museum bodes for the Smithsonian: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

A Huge Escalation in Trump’s Smithsonian MeddlingA White House report details what the administration wants to change in museums—and suggests that a crackdown could be coming.www.theatlantic.com

D.C. is a mess. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The Capital Is a MessChain-link fences, construction cranes, armed guards, and portable toilets everywherewww.theatlantic.com

NEWS: There's a new Kennedy Center mystery: The "Trump Kennedy Center Foundation," which @janaykingsberry.bsky.social reports was created in March. www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The Kennedy Center’s Latest Defense Raises a New MysteryWhat is the Trump Kennedy Center Foundation? And why is it being mentioned only now?www.theatlantic.com

When Bill Maher was picked as the Twain Prize recipient — and Trump tried to block it — it revealed something about the president, the frailty of his Kennedy Center takeover, and comedy. Me from earlier this year: www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

The Bill Maher EffectFor the past year, Donald Trump has made the Kennedy Center all about him. Last night, the comedian revealed the limits of that approach.www.theatlantic.com