Outside the Beltway

The court, rightly, punted the issue to Congress and local leaders.

Linking to a piece I wrote for The Conversation.

He’s using a tool he denounced as cruel to deal with a humanitarian crisis.

The Brits may soon have yet another Conservative PM.

A thought inspired by the PA Senate race.

The Fed is expected to stall the economy to fight inflation.

Another example of the arbitrariness of the death penaly

The investigation produced mounds of evidence. Will it matter?

It would be nice if the legislature represented the voters and whatnot.

They’re hitting civilian targets partly because they can’t hit military ones.

A dramatic if likely symbolic move.

“The Old Cow Pen”

Biden is following Trump’s lead but doing it more competently.

Hope is not a COA.

In the weeds of civil-military relations.

Putin is committing war crimes in retaliation for an attack on a legitimate military target.

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.