Outside the Beltway

Title IX, football, and the economics of college athletics.

It is not ratified.

The cruelty isn’t the point.

Here we go again.

Nancy Mace edition.

There is no such thing as “the perfect candidate.”

The consequences of the post-Roe world.

Making mountains of molehills.

Taliban Edition

Sometimes the bird gives you the bird

Is it the press’s responsibility to turn nonsense into sense?

Trump on transgender policy in schools.

It would be nice if it just happened without any help.

They’re apparently ongoing. Who knew?

A long overdue move.

Most of the biggest countries in the world have birth rates below replacement level.

A long tradition continues unabated.

A breakdown of new survey data.

The inevitable pushback against the pushback has begun.

A fascinating conversation between two queer journalists.

A decision that makes no obvious sense.

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

President Biden has again made history.

The justices declined to review a bizarre 4th Circuit decision.

An acronym has slowly morphed into a mnemonic device.

Some interesting (and potentially disturbing) polling trends.

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

The nation’s highest court has gone all woke.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

A sensible compromise on a controversial issue.

A symbolic gesture is now highly impractical, if not harmful.

Here we go again.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

Congress is poised to legislate protections previously mandated by the courts.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

Disproportional representation!

The reactionary press is once again misrepresenting diversity training.

A major milestone has been reached.

An already awful system on steroids.

She? Xe? Xem? Let’s call the whole thing off.

Some great suggestions, same lame ones, and some missed opportunities.

The craziest damn thing you’ve ever heard of or a secret message to the crazies?

Hoisted by their own petard.

Another glass ceiling has been shattered.

A trailblazing diplomat has died at 84.

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

The language is going to iel in a handcart.