Outside the Beltway

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.