Outside the Beltway

As the pandemic’s effects continue to worsen in Florida, DeSantis continues to play the worst kind of politics.

Grandstanding in the midst of chaos is a bad look.

The weirdest goddamn story you’re likely to read today.

The President is looking for any leverage he can to get refuseniks vaccinated.

The evacuation could soon become a terrorist target.

For anyone who might be interested.

News of the ongoing pandemic.

Sound decisions require sound reporting.

They’ve got a lot of gall blaming Biden for this mess.

The legendary country music singer-songwriter known as “The Storyteller” is gone at 85.

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

Making sense of a weird story.

Well, this escalated quickly.

We’re not getting Afghans—or even American citizens trapped there—out fast enough.

“Felix”

Some suggested stories.

US health agencies are clashing with the World Health Organization on the question.

A legendary journalist is gone.

A humanitarian crisis made worse by shameful delays.

The risks are real but the rewards are spectacular.

A novel but flawed legal argument.

The collapse is not his doing. But he’s accountable for the poor planning.

It hasn’t changed in over 100 years (but the population sure has).

Some remote employees are working hard. Some are hardly working.

The mirage of semi-order faded quickly.

Part of the ongoing, slow-motion tragedy.

The postmortems are well underway.

The long demographic trend continues.

“Reaching for the Sky”

The right questions are: 1) why do some some on the right like him, and 2) should this concern us all?

The collapse is coming even faster than feared.

Could it be?

Hungary is part of a broader global trend, but the real issue isn’t Hungary, it is the Americans who praise Hungary.