Outside the Beltway

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.

Why oh why won’t people stop commenting on the lady Senator’s outfits?

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

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

The Assistant Secretary for Health has put on a uniform and become an instant Admiral.

Should uncertainty be the default position?

A former cast member charges that the show about equality wasn’t equal.

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

“The Closer” delivers more of what people love and hate about the GOAT.

A long-overdue change appears to be happening.

Women are increasingly dominating American higher education.

An ugly situation that’s getting uglier.

Well, nothing of course.

Would a woman with his credentials be taken seriously?

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

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

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

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

Amending the Constitutional through unconstitutional means is a very bad idea.

A silly, sexist WSJ op-ed has generated plenty of attention.

Some square pegs are being forced into some round holes for the sake of inclusion.

She’d be America’s first woman intelligence chief.

Sigh.

A whole ‘nother board came to a sane conclusion.

It’s not a cult but not exactly mainstream, either.

Joe Biden’s running mate will be highly scrutinized. What’s fair game?

A column is getting negative attention for all the wrong reasons

The “Biden must pick a black woman” plea may be masking a different agenda.

The 6-3 opinion written by Justice Gorsuch and joined by Chief Justice Roberts defies conventional wisdom.

If the Democrats win back the White House in November, it’ll be no thanks to men.

JK Rowling is uinder fire for arguing only women menstruate.

He’s doubling down on hypocrisy.

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.

We need a better vocabulary for treating the spectrum between rude and horrific.

Women didn’t vote for her either. But that doesn’t mean sexism didn’t play a role in her loss.

A quick follow-up.

Four highly-qualified (and two less-qualified) women ran and lost in 2020.

The policy was undeniably harmful and unconstitutional. Is it forgivable?

Do gay candidates have a special obligation to be leftists?

The Commonwealth is about to become the 38th State to ratify the Nixon-era Amendment.

A newly filed lawsuit seeks to blunt expected efforts in 2020 to “ratify” the Equal Rights Amendment even though it effectively died nearly 40 years ago.

Sigh.

The norms of social discourse are rapidly changing in the #MeToo era.

Mark Halperin, the former MSNBC political analyst who was accused of misconduct during the height of the #MeToo Movement, is trying to make a comeback with a new book.

Congressman Steve King has some rather unique views about human history.