Outside the Beltway

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

It’s not funny when you have to constantly explain the jokes.

The President seems to have persuaded the progressives in his party to settle for half a loaf.

Is the Worldwide Leader responsible oblivious to bigotry?

A spectacular fall for a man who has been at the center of the football world for three decades.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

While well-intentioned, the Chairman’s actions were illegal and dangerous.

What malarkey is this?

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

Making sense of a weird story.

The postmortems are well underway.

It’s not too late but it’s too late.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

Part of a disturbing trend.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Another narrowly-crafted but overwhelming opinion from the Supreme Court.

Are Sinema and Machin going to jump ship?

It’s no better than Joe Manchin’s.

Our junior enlisted members make far less than that.

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.

A laser focus on the pandemic and economic insecurity has him in good shape at the traditional check-in point.

Don’t believe everything you see on TV.

A credulous report on the tech giant’s altruism.

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

Queen Elizabeth’s husband has died two months shy of his 100th birthday.

Key posts across the government remain unfilled.

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

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

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

Major is a good boy who hardly ever bites anybody.

Yes, partisanship is real. And it influences more than just voting behavior.

Israel is taking an aggressive approach to inoculation.

A third of Americans are unsure they want the life-saving COVID shots.

A periodic reminder.

Some reflections

American political parties are controlled by the primaries.

The 46th President has been busy signing proclamations signaling a new direction.

Yesterday showed that Biden understands the “dignified” part of politics.

The aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riots runs into the First Amendment,

You can’t make this stuff up.

We’ve shouldn’t be surprised we’ve arrived at this destination.

Social media makes the line much harder to draw.

Another sign of the dissent of the GOP into madness.

Why did Emily Murphy finally do her job?

At high noon.

So, it turns out that Fox News wasn’t really all that fair or balanced.

A trend continues.

The lies aren’t working anymore.

Either democracy is sacred, or it’s not.

Sigh.