Outside the Beltway

The new EPA.

Common sense for a golden age brought to you by the firm of Dunning and Kruger.

There are a lot of people there.

Letting wild claims drive the policy discourse.

The data are clear (and the predictions were correct).

Politics, rhetoric, and the question of controlled burns.

A hellscape of fire and destruction.

Lying about hurricanes and stoking ridiculous theories about weather control are the latest examples.

Will voting be disrupted in parts of GA and NC?

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

The switch still doesn’t make sense for most Americans.

The projections were way off—in a good way.

An unintended consequence of the drug trade.

A 5-4 ruling overturns a unanimous decision from 1985.

As vehicles become more fuel efficient, we’re buying bigger ones.

The Biden Administration wants clean energy but only for some.

And a comment on news coverage of the passage.

Making ourselves cooler is making the earth warmer.

What does it all mean? It depends on who you ask.

The first round produced two very different candidates.

The combination of a horrendous rollout and a social media onslaught was disastrous.

Another day, another disappointment for the party’s legislative agenda.

PETA has launched a weird protest against Starbucks.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

Party leaders are treating an electoral defeat as inevitable.

There are too many variables to make generalized calculations.

Crises tend to be distracting.

A brief obeservation.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

The SAT is a poor measure of college aptitude but it’s better than most others.

The public health community is divided on whether it’s a good idea.

The network’s longtime weekend anchor couldn’t take it anymore.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

We may be on the verge half a century after our last experiment.

Strikes near the Polish border show the real possibility of escalation.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

Putin’s forces are in Kyiv.

The much-anticipated escalation has happened. Now to see how the United States and its allies respond.

Can the Misery Index be far behind?

A ginned up controversy regarding a border nature reserve has escalated.

Did the President exceed his mandate? Does it matter?

A pretty good President has numbers comparable to his historically bad predecessor.

Some pundits have high standards.

The legendary football player and coach is gone at 77.

The biggest news doesn’t always get the most attention.

The longtime Senate leader is gone at 82.

There’s something happening here. But what it is ain’t exactly clear.

You’re a monster, Dr. Grinch, Your heart’s an empty hole.