Outside the Beltway

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?)

Competing analogies and externalities.

The beloved author of children’s books had died days short of her 105th birthday.

An interesting proposal to improve tax collection.

We’re about to spend a whole lot more money.

Nonhierarchical parties strike again.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.

The case of Katie Porter’s committee assignments.

An explanation to a question you likely weren’t asking.

The job losses and hit to the service sector is well documented. But trade has radically shifted, too.

The Lone Star State is celebrating its independence in a big way.

The fear of missing out is strong.

What was mere signaling under a Republican Senate and President could now become law.

And a discussion of markets (and a warning about partisanship).

The Senate’s last conservative Democrat is taking President Biden’s call for unity seriously.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

How should we balance public health and fundamental rights?

House Democrats have done what their Republican colleagues refused to do.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

AOC v. MTG: one of these things is not like the other.

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

143 at the 11th hour.

News from California.

A startling number than may understate the problem.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Thinking about unsupported narratives and a little bit about data usage.

Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner are among last night’s lucky recipients.

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

The Party of Lincoln went over the cliff like lemmings in support. It’s tough to see how they recover.

An American hero is gone.

Wherein I respond to a ridiculous comparison.

The right to worship trumps the public’s health.

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

The 87-year-old former San Francisco mayor isn’t woke enough.