Outside the Beltway

The Trump administration treats personally disfavored American institutions the way past administrations treated foreign adversaries. His goal is political submission.

He filibustered nothing for a very long time.

First thing we do, let’s intimidate all the lawyers.

Then process gets in the way of efficiency, kill the process.

The legendary actor is gone at 95.

Remember kids, DEI is the REAL racism

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

Today’s an appropriate on to think about the role of suffering in change

Title IX, football, and the economics of college athletics.

America’s 39th President, and greatest ex-President, is gone at the ripe old age of 100.

The dark side of federalism.

Definitely not advice from the pope

Subtle demographic changes may have created a tipping point.

Was Marbury v. Madison a mistake?

Alan Dershowitz is trying to make up his mind.

Whatever that means anymore.

Things may well get ugly regardless of the outcome of November’s election.

A surreal Democratic National Convention.

A Supreme Court Justice says our laws and regulations are out of control.

It’s not been a great few days for J. D. Vance

*Parenthetically, his opponent wouldn’t know the truth if it bit him on the ass.

It’s been around for a very long time.

Are we betraying the Founders?

A longstanding precedent may be in jeopardy.

A legendary actor is gone at 87.

A major effort to capture the diversity of America.

The 2000 Democratic Vice Presidential nominee turned maverick is gone at 82.

An unserious plan by an unserious group.

Explaining the inexplicable.

They’re fast running out of time to find a candidate.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

A credulous report strings together some anedotes and dubious polling.

Another state has declared him an insurrectionist.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

The inevitable pushback against the pushback has begun.

I know it when I see it.

A fascinating conversation between two queer journalists.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Call-out culture has become a circular firing squad.

Thousands of LGBTQ veterans are seeking to have their discharges upgraded.

Updating the political saga of Newbern, Alabama.

An appropriate step.

A deep tradition rightly under scrutiny.

Doubling down on state standards on slavery.

Thoughts after reading Part 2 of the Reuter’s series, “Slavery’s Descendants”

America survived a civil war and the turmoil of the 1960s. Can we rebound again?

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.