Outside the Beltway

Whether deliberate or another ‘gaffe,’ he’s likely right.

It’s the Swiss army knife of profanity.

His 95-year-old mom is still Queen but has handed off many of her duties.

A former Virginia police officer has been found guilty, partly on the testimony of a former colleague.

Some of the other costs that come with exercising a constitutional right

Intellectuals are fleeing as Soviet-style censorship returns.

The real crime is what’s legal.

Republicans are aghast that he’s abandoned his principles.

The first round is currently being held.

The polls do not bode well for Democrats.

Ethics, schmethics.

A Michigan jury believed the FBI created the crime.

A potentially more representative map that still underscores deep flaws in our system.

A key planner of the Capitol riot has agreed to testify against others in exchange for a lighter sentence.

The horrific tallies of Putin’s war of choice continue to mount.

Speaker Pelosi has it. Is President Biden next?

The Defense Department shares the worst-kept secret about the war effort.

The West continues to close Moscow off.

The Oculus

Two hundred-odd people have pled or been found guilty. One has been acquitted.

Hoisted by their own petard.

The US conducted a preemptive strike against the GRU’s systems.

Lots of folks at the Gridiron dinner are positive.

Western powers may be at odds with the people doing the fighting and dying.

World opinion has shifted even more against Russia. Will it matter?

Another glass ceiling has been shattered.

Oklahoma’s near-total ban is part of a larger trend.

The latest strategic moral panic from the far right

It would be fitting but, alas, won’t happen.

Is the creepy comic’s comeback complete?

Evidence of mass atrocities across Ukraine continues to mount.

The only way to save our freedom is to destroy it.

Stories of note sans write-ups.

It’s okay to ask a war criminal for some political dirt on your opponent, right?

Two related examples: are they “cancel culture” or not?

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

The SAT is a poor measure of college aptitude but it’s better than most others.

And other tales from the AK special election.