Outside the Beltway

People are leaving our cities for the suburbs. But not on an equal basis.

Donald Trump is apparently not the only one with a fetish for war criminals.

Some Democrats are angry!

A Hollywood star is gone at 82.

Culling for the primary feeder job in American legal system begins in high school.

Eric Adams is begging for the Federal Government for relief.

Just like Trump’s except for every important detail.

The Supreme Court may revisit a controversial criminal justice ruling.

Michael Barone on out-migration from some Blue states.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

Washington has imposed a contract that workers rejected.

Would bypassing politicians altogether make the system more just?

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

How a hideous, diabolical, pestilential, God-abandoned hellhole became our 3rd largest state.

Reading habits continue to evolve, not necessarily for the better.

Apparently, Charles III is quite well off.

CNN’s original anchorman is gone at 82.

Many young, progressive Jews are feeling unwelcome in young, progressive circles.

Running down the latest “known knowns” with just a bit of analysis

The man most famous for his turn on “Leave it to Beaver” has passed from liver cancer aged 77.

Paywalls are not our problem.

The 79-year-old will be 80 on his next birthday.

Four dollars and change at the pump.
The cost of livin’s high and goin’ up.

A splendid idea but why stop there?

The polls do not bode well for Democrats.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

The convicted criminal has been released pending appeal.

The legendary AP politics reporter is gone at 87.

The safety gap between affluent, white and poor, minority communities has grown over the last three decades.

Shockingly, they’re not remotely equivalent.

We’re likely to see more instances like the Capitol Riot and the Kyle Rittenhouse shootings.

A long peek at history in the making.

A contrast in styles.

Working conditions rather than labor supply seems to be the issue.

Officers are under enormous pressure–including from the Federal government–to write tickets.

The first modern stand-up comedian has died at 94.

Pretrial rulings strengthen his self-defense claims.

A former cast member charges that the show about equality wasn’t equal.

Eleven years after it was canceled, the police procedural is being brought back for a 21st season.

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

Making it difficult for refuseniks works better than prizes.

The longtime TV pitchman is gone.

J.D. Vance’s cynical suggestion.

It’s not perfect but it beats our usual approach to picking winners and losers.

What we know about those arrested for the 6 January insurrection.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

The Commonwealth is much more diverse than national election returns might indicate.

A quirk in our system combined with shrewd gamesmanship will give them unprecedented power.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.