Outside the Beltway

Here we go again.

Another reason so many get their information from biased outlets.

Why a paper got the story right and no one paid attention and polls over opposition research

The WSJ doesn’t like Stanford’s attempt to make its website more inclusive.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

A surprising factoid in a bad election for the party.

The numbers aren’t real. Not yet, anyway.

Journalists openly root for a good story.

A complicated case out of NYU.

They could be overstating support for Democrats. Or understating it. Or be more or less right.

Is that right? If so, is it reasonable?

Shockingly, when the most-watched news outlet is built on divisiveness, the country becomes divided.

A major milestone has been reached.

So, what now?

A long-overdue milestone has been reached.

The apparently eminent demise of abortion rights has reignited an old debate.

There are too many variables to make generalized calculations.

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

The West continues to close Moscow off.

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

Putin is a monster, but he may also be just as irrational as the rest of us.

Two notorious cases indicate a policy shift on federal prosecutions of cases already tried in lower courts.

The bar for defaming public officials is too high.

What if the “fake news” is really fake news?

A provision of the 14th Amendment to keep Civil War generals out of office is back in play.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

The continuing calls to abandon objectivity in reporting in favor of a particular agenda.

The Pentagon brass have defeated a supermajority coalition in Congress.

The language is going to iel in a handcart.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

Two NeverTrump Republicans have had enough.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

Too woke! Not woke enough!

Doing nothing is still a choice, and the legitimacy crisis is here, like it or not.

The Islamic Republic is very close to being able to fuel a single weapon.

Humanitarian instincts rightly trumped security concerns.

The legendary country music singer-songwriter known as “The Storyteller” is gone at 85.

When “the news” isn’t just “the news.”

The right questions are: 1) why do some some on the right like him, and 2) should this concern us all?

Democrats and Independents are losing their enthusiasm. But some perspective is needed.

Oh, FFS.

Discussing the filibuster.

A pandemic and the rise of Zoom meetings unleashed an academic theory into the wild.

You know, some light weekend thoughts.

Well, nothing of course.

An interesting but uneven debate.

Is a de minimus standard too small?

There’s a right way and a wrong way to improve the system.

Multiple indicators point to a decline in the representativeness of the American system.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.