Outside the Beltway

The pressure and expectations of a king, but with considerably less power.

Some Democrats are less than pleased.

The implications of modes of interpretation.

The Nation is unusually divided and melancholy on its birthday.

It’s a global commodity.

Remarkably, he had contact information on there!

A large plurality of the network’s viewers think left wingers trying to make Trump look bad are to blame.

It’s been more of a reading than writing morning.

Republicans killed their parents and demanding mercy for being orphaned.

“Dragon”

Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring today and will swear his former law clerk in his replacement.

A new initiative aims to right decades-old wrongs.

The Western alliance is getting stronger in the face of Russian aggression.

Did Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony change anything?

You’re goddamn right he did.

Here we go again . . . .

We live in a bizarre timeline.

They should panic, right?

The Supreme Court has reversed decades of precedent on church-state separation.

With the government throwing its hands up, it’s now up to the citizenry.

For your consideration.

I expect they won’t read this, but it makes me feel better.

Abortion is now illegal or heavily restricted in at least 11 states.

So, what now?

A comparison of the two texts.

Wisconsin’s 1849 abortion ban may or may not be back in effect.

Yet another reminder of the pathologies of American institutions.

Concerned no more, Senator Collins is now dismayed that she was misled.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?

This will just reinforce minority rule in the US.

The leaked draft is now the law of the land.

A break from politics.

From J. S. Mill.

From a county-level race in New Mexico.

The most expansive firearms legislation in decades is likely to become law.

A rather bizarre coda to yesterday’s big Supreme Court decision.

Phoenix, DeVry, and other scam colleges have reached a settlement.