Outside the Beltway

The evidence is pretty clear: vaccinations are key, not weather (but that won’t stop people from trying to say otherwise).

The one-time Van Halen frontman is throwing in the shoes.

We’re an incredibly divided country but splitting it into two is impossible.

Friday will mark a new era in mail delivery.

DC’s new area code is causing an identity crisis.

The flake beat the weirdo.

The SNL comic has died of cancer at 61.

This time in the CA recall.

Misc. stories worth noting, but that I don’t have time to write about.

If it’s made in France, it’s “sparkling wine.”

It is closer than Newsom might want, but the numbers are favorable to him.

A new story archetype is all too common.

The system is not defensible.

The 16th time may be the charm for Robert Kennedy’s killer.

A novel but flawed legal argument.

It hasn’t changed in over 100 years (but the population sure has).

The long demographic trend continues.

Behind the CDC’s messaging debacle.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

A new poll show a very close race.

Emotional testimony from police will kick off the event.

The College Republican National Committee Chairman elections shows the lessons taught by the national party.

I know obscenity when I see it and this ain’t it.

COVID vaccine hesitancy is just the tip of the iceberg.

It’s not getting any better, folks.

This time: the Alaska GOP.

An arrest underscores what the problem isn’t.

An ugly situation that’s getting uglier.

Some Democratic election observers think so.

Another 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

A law seeking to help the state’s workers seems to be having the opposite effect.

A meaningless gesture that’s long overdue.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

Some good news in the hacking wars.

A shocking yet unsurprising statistic.

The least controversial subject in school is suddenly controversial.

The reaction to the pandemic has long since been about much more than the pandemic.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

With an appearance by Caitlyn Jenner’s choice of party.

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

Science, politics, and social norms intersect in some really strange ways.

It’s seemingly just a matter of time before recreational use is allowed throughout the United States.

Queen Elizabeth’s husband has died two months shy of his 100th birthday.

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

A Trump-era policy designed to screw over blue states may actually be a good one.

How well do single-seat districts lead to representation? (And of what?)