Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court refused to block a lower court order.

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

A periodic reminder.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

The man most famous for getting screwed out of a Supreme Court seat has a more interesting backstory.

The reflections on the departed right-wing talk host continue.

The loaners, the dreamers, and schemes.

The Senate’s last conservative Democrat is taking President Biden’s call for unity seriously.

Now, we’re just haggling over price.

It is really so hard to understand that you don’t go on vacation during a massive disaster?

“Shapes on the Horizon”

The 97-year-old former Senator and Presidential candidate is ill.

Nevada is mounting a challenge to the rural, lily-white states that always go first in the presidential primary gauntlet.

There’s more than enough opinion journalism.

Another empirical indication of the toll of the pandemic.

The death toll is staggering.

The talk radio megastar has died, aged 70.

As frustrating as it’s been, we’re ahead of just about every country.

The disgraced loser remains as popular as ever with his base.

America’s institutions are undemocratic but only some of them are a product of the Constitution.

America’s Newspaper of Record needs to figure out what it wants to be.

Some reflections

The distance in accountability between the highest and the lowest must be shortened.

Early analysis merely confirms analysts’ priors.

Historical, but not enough.

And illustrations of the fact that this isn’t a regular trial.

Its founders are laughing all the way to the bank.

Details of a heated phone discussion with the top House Republican have emerged.

Of course, it depends on what case one thinks needs to have been made.

A rather odd non-ruling during the non-session from America’s highest court.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

Some marginal Republican formers are thinking about maybe doing somethingoranother.

Most Americans have never even heard of it.

As expected, the second impeachment trial of the 45th President will proceed.

Could the Vice President end the filibuster herself?