Outside the Beltway

There are legitimate ethical and liberty questions but they’re outweighed by the benefits.

Deal-making in Washington is next to impossible.

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

The case of Katie Porter’s committee assignments.

Israel is taking an aggressive approach to inoculation.

An explanation to a question you likely weren’t asking.

Yet another example.

On the one hand, true. On the other, so what?

An all-time boxing legend is gone.

Lots of shots.

Ted Cruz is at it again.

Foolish lies are for foolish liars.

It really does feel like a daily occurrence.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

At least 50 million doses of the AstraZeneca are sitting in American facilities unused.

Understanding Moral Disagreements

Defense of the filibuster tend to be a combo of mistakes and mythology.

The quasi-monopoly power of the world’s largest bookstore is problematic. Maybe.

A way-too-early assessment of how it’s going.

Reacting to the asymmetrical polarization of the electorate.

Is the stimulus bill it for this administration?

Is humility the wrong play here?

The fixes worsen the stated problem (more on Iowa and other states’ attempts to restrict voting).

Making it harder to vote in Iowa.

Yet another SCOTUS rejection.

HR1 is a national approach to expanding voter access. State legislatures are trying to both expand and restrict the vote as well.

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

The job losses and hit to the service sector is well documented. But trade has radically shifted, too.

How the West Virginia Democrat came to vote for the stimulus bill.

The politics of bait-and-switch.

The ongoing codependency that is the Trump-GOP relationship.

Reflections on the events of 6 January two months later.

It’s easy if you try.

Underplaying the value of vaccination is counterproductive.

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