Outside the Beltway

What about Biden?

Politicians and other thought leaders are playing with fire.

The Wall Street Journal failed a key test.

Separating rhetoric from action.

Diving into the structure of Alabama’s districts and highlighting deep problems.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

We’re in uncharted waters.

“In Formation”

This time, it’s the feds.

Thinking about what is predictive as well as the usefulness of historical case studies.

Some interesting (and potentially disturbing) polling trends.

Thoughts on Pence and Christie.

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?

Hollywood and the news media are roiled in labor disputes.

A Brooklyn neighborhood is experimenting with a hybrid approach.

Protests against the governing party signal tensions in advance of fall elections.

Ukraine is heavily censoring foreign media.

Eight state have withdrawn from a system to prevent illegal voting because of ignorance and agitation.

Who knew?

Damned if they do and damned if they don’t. Sometimes both.

After giving a softball interview, he apparently expected one in return.

Horse race coverage in all the things.

There’s been a load of compromising.

Dueling headlines give radically different impressions of the same case.

“Birds and the Water”

From the “you can’t this stuff up” file.

On to the Senate.

Our surroundings quite literally change how we see the world.

A perennial question.

There’s a fine line between upholding cultural norms and structural racism.

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

Shockingly, the current President’s numbers are worse than his predecessor’s.

Because screw the other students.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats are happy. But one man is.