Outside the Beltway

31 of the 35 Senate races next month are noncompetititve.

Publishers and consumers want very different business models.

An example of rationalization.

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

Things are not going well in the special military operation.

The class photo has changed.

Fifty-plus “local” news outlets are a front for David Brock and company.

Republicans have died at a far higher rate than Democrats.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

“Pond at Dusk”

Voting isn’t just about candidates.

The threat is not idle and the options for responding are not good.

A country music icon is gone at 90.

A complicated case out of NYU.

The term that kicks off today could undermine our entire system of government.

Can the unsustainable be sustained?

How a hideous, diabolical, pestilential, God-abandoned hellhole became our 3rd largest state.

Tudor’s down. No laughing or drinking, just a crippled party.

Georgia Republicans didn’t violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.

A phony annexation doesn’t hide that he’s badly losing his illegal war.

Hurricane Ian renews some perennial questions about recovering from natural disasters.

Candidate quality can matter.

“Pirate’s Alley”

Cable news v. court edition.

The veteran newsman is gone at 84.

Eighteen HIMARS and what do you get? Years older and deeper in debt.

The CIA warned of his months ago but the Biden administration is being cautious.

Autocrats facing defeat have all kinds of counterproductive, dangerous ideas.

Jim VandeHei and company have put out a new style guide.

The Russian leader may be looking over his shoulder after imposing a draft.

Apparently, more expensive versions of products are often better.

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

Democratic backsliding appears to be spreading to another European country.

The ayatollahs face the biggest challenge to their authority in the history of the regime.