Outside the Beltway

There’s a right way and a wrong way to improve the system.

How well do single-seat districts lead to representation? (And of what?)

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

A shocking number of states no longer require them and the Leader of the Free World lacks the authority to change that.

Competing analogies and externalities.

A really weird proposal to solve a problem that probably doesn’t exist.

Many states are moving to a first come, first served basis for COVID shots.

Quite a number of Democratic Congressmen are thinking about seeking a new job.

A little-known rule might allow a majority to pass one more bill.

Apparently, all those states legislating on transgender kids playing sports are doing it for no reason.

A truly silly characterization from Senator Mike Lee.

The Excelsior Pass is the nation’s first. Will it start a trend?

Georgia Public Broadcasting provides a useful list of provisions.

An example from Dan McLaughlin of NR

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

The author of “Lonesome Dove,” “Terms of Endearment,” and so many more great novels is gone at 84.

It makes voting harder.

A George Mason economist has an intriguing idea but maybe he has it backwards.

The media became the story but the President was the news.

We tend to focus on the wrong qualities in our early assessments.

The downfall of Andrew Cuomo shines a light on toxic workplaces and governance styles.

“Big Yawn”

Our current forms of collective action on guns have failed us.

While progressives in the party are often frustrated with the West Virginia Senator, he is demonstrating yet again that he’s no Republican.

His stale jokes about eating dog have drawn fire for years.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

Appoint more Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Or else!

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

Here we go again.

An interesting proposal to improve tax collection.

The seemingly unremarkable event hadn’t happened in four decades.

We’re about to spend a whole lot more money.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

Let’s not get overly dramatic about special elections.

Balancing practical considerations and religious observances.

The lack of common understandings and shared assumptions makes political conversations challenging.

Immigration policy is harder than it looks.