Outside the Beltway

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.

Yet another reminder about pathologies of US democracy.

Debunking urban legends and Internet rumors is harder than it used to be.

An opportunity for unity and a restoration of normal order.

Biden’s America is a place and idea in which the trappings of empire or glory are ephemera in comparison with perennial human relationships—families; friendships; communities; schools; neighbors; partners.

The absurd notion that the President of Senate is the arbiter and judge of the electoral vote.

The science and ethics are not the hardest part of determining who should go first.

The GOP is behaving exceedingly irresponsibly. Senator Graham and Representative Collins are prime examples.